The Conshohocken Recorder, October 24, 1922

              e Cons oljochcn Kecarftet
Established 18G9, No. 5578. PUBLISHED EVERY
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION rniCB
J1.50 A YEAR
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Flay Raising and Corner Stone
Laying to be Part of Cere-monies
to be Held Thurs-day
Afternoon
LOCATION HAS FINE VIEW
The tract of ground east ot Elev-enth
avenue below Jones street,
owned by the Lee Tire & Rubber
Company anil which is being sold
off into building lots and being de-veloped
Into an exclusive residen-tial
section, will be dedicated as
"Iceland Heights" on Thursday at-ternoon
at 12.16 o'clock, with appro-priate
ceremonies. There will be a
cornerstone laying, Hag raising and
speeches.
The idea ol' selling the tract off in
building lots and hiving a number
of modern and moderately priced
homes erected on it was conceived
by the Lee Company a few years
ago, but owing to the high cost of
building supplies and labor it was
dropped until a few months ago
when the proposition was again
taken up and a number of lots sold.
At the present time the first group
of houses are under way, including
twelve homes. Some of these are
of two stories while others are of
the bungalo type, but all are drawn
on lines of architectural beauty and
will be substantially built. Exca-vation
for the cellars of this group
has been completed and on Thurs-day
the cornerstone will be laid. A
large flag pole has been erected at
thi' corner of Eleventh avenue and
Jones street and on this a large
United States flag will be raised.
A number of speeches will be
Blade by men prominently identified
with the I.ee Tire & Rubber Com-pany.
John Kearns, general mana-ger
of the plant, will preside at the
meeting and will deliver the dedi
catory address.
The site is one of the most beau-tiful
in this section, commanding a
wonderful view up and down the
Sehuylkill Valley lor a long dis-tance,
with the picturesque hills ot
Lower Merlon dotted here and
there with beautiful mansions. In
addition to the lots on which build-ings
have already been started,
there has been considerable land
sold but there still remains a largo
number of the best sites in the
tract unsold. It is the intention ot
the company to dispose of all ot
them but no person is allowed to
purchase less than two lots for
each house. The lots have a front-age
of twenty feet but vary in
depths between 110 and 140 feet.
Contractor Carl F. Hirsch, of Phil-adelphia,
who recently took up his
residence in this borough, occupy*
ing a dwelling on Spring Mill ave-nue
below Fourth avenue, has the
contract to erect all of the present
group. The plans of the houses
were designed by Walter K. Dur-ham,
of Philadelphia, and an archi-tect
of wide repute and who has de-signed
many of the handsome es-tates
along the beautiful Main Line.
The main of the Springfield Water
Company is being extended through
the tract in order to supply water
to the new buildings.
The exercises on Thursday are
public and the residents of Consho-hocken
and vicinity are cordially in-vited
to be present.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Di Mori Guranbastti and D. An-gella.
both of Pottstown.
John P. O'Connor and Anna V.
Morley, both of Conshohocken.
John 8. Clemens, Mainland, and
Viola A. Weigner, Worcester.
Herbert L. Land and Maud M.
Finley, both of Norristown.
John L Murphy and Margaret M.
Kilcoyne, both of" Conshohocken.
Pietro Dlgstino and Anna Joyce,
both of Manaynnk.
Ernest Lloyd Welders. 518 Xorth
Charlotte street, Pottstown, and
Edna Elizabeth Seasholtz, 386 North
Evans street, Pottstown.
Frank A. B'.ckle, 604 1-2 Beech
street, Pottstown, and Sadie W.
Fronheiser. on'oertsville.
Jasper Purcell and May M. Camp-bell,
both of West Conshohocken.
John A. Sabol, Phoenixville, and
Caroline Torham, Mont Clare.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
A most attractive luncheon was
given on Friday at the Plymouth
Country Club, when Mrs. Victor
Stanch, Of the Hamilton, Norristown,
entertained In observance of her
first wedding anniversary. Mrs.
Helen Wood Maucli, mother-in-law
Of the hostess, was also an honor
goes! at the luncheon. Covers were
laid for fifteen guests. They wen
Betted at a table which had a lovely
color effect of orchid and pink. The
centerpiece was a silver basket,
tilled with pink and lavender sweet
peas, surrounding It were silver
candlesticks shaded In pink. The
dainty place favors were miniature
manikins, costumed In ultra-modern
fashions.
Auction bridge followed the lunch-eon,
at which the favors were re-ceived
by Mrs. J. Quincy Thomas,
Mrs. George C. Glass and Mrs. Alan
Jones.
Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Mauck entertained a few friends In-formally
at their apartment, at the
Hamilton, to further mark the wed-ding
day.
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Reading Detectives
Raid House for Dope
Mike Caparella and Brother Arrest-ed
at Norristown.
Lived Here 72 Years and Was
Oldest Member of Calvary
P. E. Church.—A Great
Great Grandmother
VETERAN DIES IN CONN.
VOLPE-BINNS POST MEETS
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Volpe-Blnns Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars was held in the Post
Room In the Desimone building last
evening. Arrangements were com-pleted
for the purchase of a player-piano,
victrola and pool tables. A
special meeting will be held in the
Tost Room this evening, when busi-ness
of importance will be brought up
for consideration.
Employees of Quaker City
Sweater Mills Hold An En-joyable
Affair on Saturday
Evening.
A Hallowe'en party, attended by
members of the linn, a lew invited
guests and employes to the number
of about 100 persons was given at
the plant of the Quaker City Sweat-er
Mjills, Elm and Ash streets on
Saturday evening. The affair was
given by the employes.
Two floors of the building were
used for the party and they were
tastefully decorated in keeping with
the Hallowe'en spirit. On the first
floor long streamers of yellow and
black crepe paper hung In festoons
from the ceiling. Immediately in
front of the main entrance hung
suspended in large letters "Q. C. S.
M.," the first letters of the name of
the mill. The same effect in decor-ations
was in evidence in the base-ment.
Several large pillars used as
a support for the first floor were en-twined
in the favorite colors, while
the electric lights were enclosed in
various shapes of lanterns. The ar-rangement
was the work ot Miss
Anna Barry, of Philadelphia, em-ployed
as forelady of the local
plant.
The basement was used for danc-ing
and games while tho first floor
was used to serve the banquet. The
feature of the evening's entertain-ment
were vocal solos rendered by
Jack Sandre and John Blanche and
the recitations of Jack Vagonine,
John Blanche, and John Dcnno.
B. E. Block, of Norristown, and a
member of the firm, presented the
employes of the local factory with
a handsome victrola, which furnish-ed
the music for (lancing at the
party and which will be kept at the
mill for the entertainment of tho
employes. The members of the Arm
presented a large cake for the
party.
While those present were seated
around the festive board, Myron
Block, superintendent of the plant,
cut the large cake and after the
assemblage had done full justice to
it and the rest of the good things,
he arose to his feet and made a
short address in which he took the
opportunity of expressing the ap-preciation
of the firm to employes i
for the kindly feeling existing be-tween
the firm and the employes
and stated that with a continuance
of the same he will increase the
size of the plant to double its pres-ent
capacity.
At a late hour all departed for
their respective homes satisfied
with the evening's enjoyment and
feeling that the first social event of
i its kind in the factory was a huge
j succesa.
Among the guests were Mr. and
I Mrs. B. D. Block, Myron Block and
Mr. Todd, of Norristown; Mr. and
Mrs. Morton Block, Michael I^evln,
Benjamin Wistolsky, Miss Elizabeth
Gross, Miss Anna Barry. Miss Car-rie
Potts and Miss Henrietta Jacobs
of Philadelphia; Louis Holtzman. of
Camden, N. J., and Reuben DeHaven
and Mr. and Mrs. William Marks, of
Conshohocken. The employes of
the company who enjoyed the affair
came rrom Philadelphia, Norristown
and this borough.
WANTS SHARE IN BOAT HOUSE
Advertise in THE RECORDER
Before Judge Swartz this morning
James Yocum, of Ford street. West
Conshohocken. in equity haring,
seeks to get his share out of a boat
house along the river at Norristown j
from his father-in-law, Elbridge
Grifllth, who moved the house to!
Norristown. |
Mrs. Ellen Klrkpatrlck, who was
probably the oldest woman in the
borough, dud en Saturday, at her
home, S8S Bast Hector street, aged
:>" years, she had been bedfast for
several weeks and death was dm- I"'
gi ni id debility.
.Mrs. Klrkpatrlck was born in [re-land
and came t" this country when
a young glii. Bhe tnai ried Bseklel
Klrkpatrlck, and after residing ml
Philadelphia for a short time, she]
came to this borough 72 years ago,
where she resided contlnously until
hei death.
Mrs. Klrkpatrlck was the oldest |
member of Calvary P. ]■:. church and
members of her family are among
the most active workers in the
chinch. She is the last of a family
of cic\ en childi en.
Bhe is survived by live sons: John,
of Akron, ( >., Fzckicl, of Collingdale.
Pa.. William and Daniel, of this bor-ough,
and Robert, of Philadelphia,
Bhe is aiau survived by several
grandchildren, treat grandchildren
and greal greatgrandchildren.
The funeral will be held from her
late residence tomorrow afternoon at
1.30 o'clock and services Will t»' held
in Calvary P, F. church at 2 o'clock.
The Interment will be at Barren Hill
( • no tery.
Andrew Ochnich
Andrew Ochnich, a world war vet-etran,
died on Sunday in the r. s.
Veterans' hospital, New Haven, Conn.
where he had been a patient for the
past two months.
The Government shipped the body
here ready tor burial and the funeral
will lie held at S o'clock Friday morn-ing
from the residence of his sister,
.Mis Joseph Wsrts, 3r,3 East Hector
street. Solemn high mass of requiem
Will be celebrated in Bt. -Matthew's
church at 9,30 and the interment will
he al st. Matthew's new cemetery.
The veteran win be given a mllltarj
funeral which will be in charge of
John I'-. DeHaven Post, American
i icglon.
Mr. Ochnich was a member of Co.
l, 327th Infantry. He was wounded
in the righting In the Argonne forest
suffering shrapnel wounds in the
abdomen from which he never re-covered
nail which were the cause of
his death.
Mr .Ochnich was a former resident
of this plaee and made his home with
his sister. He is survived by his
father, Jacob Ochnich, of Norristown,
and three brothers and three sisters:
Michael. Anthony and Jacob Och-nich,
Jr., all of this borough Mi
John Bheperak, of Detroit, Mich.;
Mrs. fiank Nuii'iossor, Norristown,
and Mrs. Joseph Wertz, of this bor-ough.
Dsnnis Tague Dead
Dennis, husband of Mary Tague
.mil Min of Margaret and the late
Hugh Tague, died at his home on
Saturday after an illness of two
months. Deceased was for a number
i■; years a resident of the Guiph Mills
section Where he was well and fav-orably
known, lie was employed as
a gardener on the Brown setate at
Villa Nova for more than twenty-live
years. Beside Ills wife and
mother he Is survived by four bro-thels
and one sister as follows:
James, Qeorge and Hugh Tague anil j
Margaret, wife of William Wallace.
The funeral will take, place from his
late residence tomorrow morning.
11 inii Mass of Requiem will be cele-brated
in St. Thomas' church. Villa
Nova. The interment will be In St.
Augustine's cemetery, Bridgeport.
Funeral of Anna Smith
The funeral of Anna Smith, daugh-ter
of Peter and the late Annie Smith
was held yesterday morning from
her late home with a Solemn High
Maes of Requiem celebrated ut St.
Gertrude's church. Rev. Thomas L.
Oaffney delivered a touching sermon
before a large Huong that attended
the funeral. The members of the
Klcsscd Virgin Mary Sodality of
which deceased was an active mem-ber
.attended in a body, the Banner
of the Sodality was placed on the Al-tar
which was beautifully illumin-ated.
The members of tho Sodality
met at the home of their deceased
friend and member and recited tho
office for the dead on Sunday even-ing.
The pallbearers included live
cousins of the deceased, namely:
James Howe. Richard Mowe, John
Smith. Francis Smith and Benjamin
Crigamirc. The funeiul was one of
the largest ever held in this borough.
Interment was made at St. Matt-hew's
cemetery.
As the result of a raid on the
home of Mike Caparella, at :i7." East
Lafayette street. Norristown, yes-terday
afternoon, one man was ar-rested
and taken to Philadelphia by
Federal agents where he will hi
questioned by government men in
reference to dope doings in the
Caparella home.
The man arrested was not Capar-ella
himself, but a brother. The
agents were after Mike, and hud a
line chance of getting him, hut
there is reported to have been a
hitch in the preparations with the
result that Mike escaped. A war-rant
has bee;: issued for his arrest
on the charge of selling dope illeg-ally.
The Norristown police were not
included in the raids nor was Detec-tive
Sarni, who knows the man well
and could have landed him, no
doubt, without any trouble.
It is said that Caparella has been
selling dope to residents of Read-ing.
Detective Huher and an as-sistant
from Reading, toeether with
three Federal agents and a man who
is said to have purchaseir exug on
various occasions from Caparella,
came to Norristown. It was plan-ned
that the customer of the local
man entered his place and made a
purchase. When the deal was about
to be made the purchaser was to
give those on the outside a tip by
shooting his revolver In the place.
He filed the shot, but before the
agents reached the scene Caparella
was on his way to an upper story.
He Is said to have made his escape
over neis.liboring roofs. The house
was then searched and a brother of
Caparella taken from bed. Accord-ing
to a report the leader of Hi.
raiders had already made the pur-chase
of the drug at the rate of $100
per ounce.
Later in the afternoon a warrant
for the arrest of Caparella was ta-sued
by Magistrate Clark. The In-formation
was signed by Edwin C.
Hathaway, a Federal agent.
Caparella gave himself up t-'dsy
and was taken to Philadelphia.
H.S. FOOT BALL TEAM
READ THE RECORDER, SI.50 YR.
FINED FOR AUTO SPEEDING
William Johnson, of Spring Mill
avenue, was obliged to pay a line and
costs amounting to $9.20 at a hearing
before Magistrate Light on mi Friday
evening on the charge of recklessly
driving an automobile preferred by
Burgess DeHaven.
Johnson, while returning from the
foul ball game between Conshohock-en
and the Heading Tigers on Satur-day,
October l-l. was charged with
reokli ssly driving his car down Fny-ettc
tiled and barely escaping run-ning
down Mrs. Daniel Carlin. at
Third avenue chairman of the
Street Committee of Town Council
John Hamilton witnessed the i r
aCCidSnt and reported the matter to
Burgess DeHaven. Mr. Hamilton
and Mrs. Carhn were the witie
to testily at the hearing. Johnson
Stated that he was trying to avoid
striking tho woman and was endeav-oring
to circle behind her.
The practice of automobillats speed-ing
down Fayettc street after the
games has been reported to the Bur-gees
prior t'> the Heading Tiger game
and he had already Instructed the
officers to be on their guard, but
nearer to the athletic Held than
where the near accident occurred, in
an endeavor to break up the prac-tice.
Reckless drivers will find it a
hardship to ge,t by in the future with
their daredevil driving as all of those
apprehended will be brought to jus-tice.
Johnson was the second driver
lined on the charge of reckless driv-ing
last week.
FIRE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
The rubber boots, coats and hats to
he added to the equipment of Consho-hocken
Fire Company No. 2 and
which was purchased by the Ladies'
Auxiliary, have arrived and been
plnced in service. The company pur-chased
a new basket and attached it
to tho lire apparatus in which will be
carried the new supplies.
ENTERTAINED
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gilbert, of
Klin and Maple streets, entertained
the following persons on Sunday af-ternoon
and evening: Mrs. Hannah
Kiohn, Miss Mary Krohn. Mr. and
Mis. Isaac Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Cohen, of Philadelphia. ; Alfred Gor-do
f Atlantic City, and Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Mnrsky. of Bristol, Pa.
A JOINT MEETING
A Joint meeting of the members of
the Conshohocken Fire Company No.
2 nnd the Ladles' Auxiliary will be
held In the fire house this evening.
Final details for the supper to be held
on Saturday evening will bo com-pleted.
Principal and Member of Fac-ulty
to He In Charge of the
Team.—No Expense
To District
CORNER STONE LAYING
The Conshohocken high school will
be represented In the Bod of sports
with a foot ball team operating with
the sanction of the school board and
under the supervision of the faculty.
This was decided al a special meoting
of the school board held last evening
to discuss the foot ball ipiestnin.
A number Of the students desired
to organise a team and play as stu-dents
of the school and under the
name and supervision of the SCl I
hut could not gel official sanction.
The boys organized a team composed
of students of the school and two
other players of another school and
took the name of Consliohm K■ -ii
Scholastics. The boys reOOgnlsed
thai they would not be permitted to
play with regularly organised high
school teams and desired to be placed
in regular school standing. They pe-titioned
the members of the school
board and secured the signatures of
all the members to a petition auth-orising
the students to play providing
they secured the consent of their
parents and the board not being re-sponsible.
This was not satisfactory as it did
not give the team proper standing
and the meeting was held to decide
the question.
Gordon Atkms and Howard ltam-s.
y represented the students and in-formed
the board that M students
were in the foot ball squad; that Mr.
Haupt. of the high school faculty and
Beth K. Mitchell, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce and a well
known foot ball player, had Volun-teered
to coach tin- team; that
through the courtesy of Robert
ClUWford, manager of the Consho-hocken
team, the team has secured
equipment, and will be no expense to
the dlstlCt. The boys asked that the
board sanction the sport and have
the team under School supervision
Mr. Campbell said that Be felt the
hoard is not able to permit the school
to take iij> the sport wit hthe other
sports—basketball and track and held
polls and Should the board sanc-tion
foot ball, it should equip the
team which would mean an outlay of
about $-100. For that reason, be said.
the board is not inclined to encour-age
tool ball at this time.
Dr. Roth pointed out that the boys
do not ask any financial support from
ii,, district as they now have tin
equipment and can finance their
gamea He said, if the students are
to play foot ball their scholastic
standing should be considered and it
is better for the boys to play under
the supervision of the school than
otherwise. He tevored the boys hav-ing
a team and that no student
should be.permitted to play who is
back in his studies.
Principal Hunsberger said he had
no official notice of the team until
this meeting. He favored sports for
the students as beneficial to the
school v.uik, and su.uKested that pel -
mi-: ion be given for a Ham to oper-ate
under the supervision of the prin-cipal
and In accordance with Hie
rules of the Pennsylvania Scholastic
Athletic Association.
Mr. Morrison and Mr. l'ierson fav-ored
the boys having a team. Mr.
l'ierson asked if the rule of prevent-ing
students who are behind in their
studies engaging in sports while they
are delinquent is enforced and if par-ents'
consent were had before students
engaged in sports. He was informed
that neither rule was applied.
Mr. Morrison slated that the boys
have acted fairly in that they have
secured their parents' consent and the
consent of the individual members of
tho board.
Gordon Atkins, on behalf of tin
students, said there would be cn-op-ei
at ion with the couch lh the other
sports and asked the board to ap-point
Mr. Qeorge Haupt, teacher of
science and mathematics and a form-er
llucknell 'varsity player, as faculty
advisor.
Upon moton of Dr. Roth, the stu-dents
were authorised to have a fool
ball team with principal Hunsberger
and Mi. Iluupt to contol the team;
Mr. Haupt to be faculty advisor and
the team to be governed by the rules
of the Philadelphia Suburbun Inter-
Scholastic A. A. The motion was
carried by u unanimous vote.
The absentees were Messrs. Hast-ings
ami Logan
The board discussed tho progress
of the new building with the archi-tect
and upon his recommendation
decided to change the cleaning sys-tem
for the new building from a cen-trul
vacuum cleaning plant to the
truck system of three portable mach-
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SUNDAY WORK PREVENTS
HALF TIME IN SCHOOLS
Superintendent Hottenstein did nol
have to put in operation, yesterday,
hj plan of having high school session
in the Hoffecker building in the
morning ami the regular students of
the Hoffecker school having after-noon
sessions, owing to delay on the
pan of the contractors in not having
the heating system of the high
school in operation.
Workmen were sent here on Bun-day
and worked all day in placing
the metal flue connecting tin- boilers
with the smoke stack in position an i
fires were lighted late in the after-noon.
The heating system was iii opera-tion
yesterday ami regular sessions
W'-re held In all the schools.
The school board has decided that
after this month the high school will
resume ils regular tWO sessions,
from II a. in. until ;! p.m. with an hour
at noon for lunch.
The high school is now operating
111 one continuous session from S a,
in. until 1 p. m. in order to get ad-vantage
of an hour of quietness dur-ing
the building operations. The
plan has been of no advantage to the
school as the contractor has no) be-gun
the work for which the board
made (he Change in school boms tc
avoid interference.
Episcopal Churches of Norris-town
District to Hold Annual
Meeting in Local Church
on Thursday.
Rev. Thomas .1. Cirlam!, liishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsyl-vania,
together with men and wom-en
prominent in the Episcopal
churches of the Xoiiislowii district,
will be entertained in Calvary church
Fourth avenue ami Payette street, on
Thursday when the Convocation of
Norristown will hold their annual
meeting in tins borough. Rev. .r.
Kennedy iloorhouse, rector of Cai-
\ai\ church, is dean of the convoca-tion
and will preside at the meeting.
The convocation is composed of all
the churches in Montgomery county,
as well as those of the Lower Meiioii
district, numbering twenty-four
Churches and three missions.
Bach church is represented by its
delegates to the convention of the
Diocese and the Woman's Aid Is
represented by four delegates from
each church.
The convocation will open at 11.00
o'olock with a celebration of the Holy
Communion. The preacher for this
OCCaalOn Will be the ROV. Charles W.
Shreimer, headmaster of the Church
Farm Schools, al C.li n Loch.
Luncheon will be provided for the
visitors in the Parish House by the
Woman's Guild of Calvary Church
and w ill be sen I d at 1 o'clock.
The Woman's Aid will have their
meeting at 2 o'clock ami 2.S0 o'olock
the general business session of the
Convocation will be called to order.
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
A delightful Hallowe'en party was
held by the mfinbers of the Theta
S.'.-tmi I iclta Sorori' .' ot t hi bor-ough,
at their bungalow at Pott
Providence on Saturday evening.
The interior of the buihlint was
tastefully decorated for the occasion
in true Hallowe'en effect. A most
enjoyable time was spent in games,
dancing and ni'-sl;. featured by a
number of solos. At a late hour nil
present repaired to the dining room
where a delightful luncheon was ser-ved.
The room presented a pretly
appearance with Hie light encased
in lanterns ol different shapes and
the tables effectively decorated
with llalllowe'en colors. BtXteen
persona made the trip in auto-mobiles.
These prevent were the
Mlssses Margaret Ouniop, Elisabeth
i.ink, Florence C.rauel, Margeurlte
l'i -rrier. BHitatnth Fjfmr. Anna
1 Ink, Vera Dunlop Sdltll For: lor and
Moaun, William Keyaor, Victor Kline
David Qauger, Clalr Pttgr, Many Gil-linger
and William Sne.ir. Mr and
Mrs. Linford Crouthamel. of Norris-town
chaperoned the party.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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Manager Crawford Asks IJusi-ness
Men to Aid in Raising
Money to Finance Team
L'ntil Big (James Come
$1000 TO BE ASKED FOR
Robert J. Crawford, manager of
i hampion Conshohocken foot
Ball Te.m. is making an appeal to
the business men of the i mgh to
bun in raising enough mo
to finance the team until the big
games are played when there will be
no doubt but thai the atti ndance will
be sufficiently large to pay all the
expensi s as Ihej come due.
The team was unfortunate in hav-ing
one rainy Saturday which kept
the attendai figures to a very
small number. No rain insurance
was COll ICted and this was responsi-ble
for the expensi s being much
larger t ban the receipts.
The same was ti ue on the day of
the Volpe-Blnns celebration the fol-lowing
Saturday. Lust week the
weather was fine and with no coun-ter
.inaction in town there was a
good al U ndance al the game and thi
management not only met the ex-pense
of the team but was aide to
■ portion of the standing ex-peni
e.
Manager Crawford Mas given to tho
town a team that is able to
fully cope with any professional team
In the Fast, it is Impossible to se-cure
teame of the calibre of the lo-cals
to con:' here every Saturday
and it la unfair to the patrons to
brim; weaker teams here under the
of lop-noicheis. other places
can get away with that kind 01
management but it is not the policy
of the Conshohocken Athletic Ass, el-ation
to undertake a hoodwinking
game, Thus far every attraction has
II good one. the poorest being
thi Reading Tigi rs, and all of the
tS we I worthy of larger at-tendai
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The coal region teams are consid-ered
t he itt ongi -t opponents in the
Sti 'i. but they have bi en pn ss
agented far above their strength as
real foot bail players. Composed of
i d mine men many of them
foreigners—they depend upon brute
strength and their power of endur-ance
to carry them through. These
ti ima refuse to come here for less
than an amount equal to the entire
Kate receipts. However, when asking
Manager Crawford to take his team
to their towns a guarantee of about
one-third of their demand is offered
it is for this very reason that the
Conshohocken team has not played
away from home on Sundays,
Manager Crawford has done all in
his power to give Conshohocken a
winning team this season and hold
the expense to a minimum. His ef-fort!
hi e more than been success-ful
in comparison to the experiment
of last year. At the beginning he
cut the strings on the high-priced
w ith the result that some ot
them deserted the team and went
elsewhere, hut the men he signed in
their places have been far less ex-pensive
and have shown-more foot
ball by far. yet with it all then- i. a
small deficit
Manager Crawford Ms asking the
business men to contribute $1000 to
Cai i v on the sport for the season.
JTestet day he int< i v lewed a numbef
of the manufacturers and was given
the assurance of some support from
those whom he met. lie will continue
his solicitation until every mnniifac-tuer
lias been approach! d.
in addition to this a commltl n
finances will wait on the merchants
of the town in an effort to secure
financial help from them. The
Kami keeps many people in town
Who spend more or less of their
money at home who. If there were
no game, would go elsewhere tor
recreation and let their money in
some other town.
Tho business men of Other towns
contribute to the support of n foot
ball team and Manager Crawford is
not unreasonable to expect some help
from the business men of this bor-ough.
NAVY RECRUITING OFFICE
A Fnited states .Navy recruiting
station will be opened in the post of-fice
building in this borough next
Saturday. Chief Gunner's Mate Sam-uel
Weinstoin will be In charge of
the ollicc. He will have with him
Kdward F. Dempsey, chief torpedo-man,
a Conshohocken boy, who en-listed
in tho Navy in 1909, and who
served with credit on the Destroyer
I'a ale, operating out of Queenstown,
Ireland. Dempsey wsa chosen from
a large number of applicants for re-cruiting
duty on account of his en-viable
record.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS ELFCT
The following officers were chos-en
this morning at the meeting of
county school directors. .1. Howard
Krvein, Cheltenham. president;
Daniel II. Bartman, Collegcvllle, and
Yii'Ilam -I. Byrnes, Lowe'' Morion,
vi.'.o presidents; He- X. F. Schmidt.
Scliwenksville, secretary; William
Ridgway, Upper Moreland, treasur-er.
CAR STOLEN
A touring car belonging to James
Ciesson, of Noristown. borough en-gineer
for Conshohocken. was stolen
in Philadelphia, on Sunday. while
Mr .Cressan was visiting there,