The Conshohocken Recorder, November 14, 1922

              8H)c ConGl)ol)ochcn IktorDcr.
Established 1869, No. 5584. pcnuRiiEn EVERT
TUESDAY ANT) FRIDAY CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1922. Pt'HSCnirTl'ON' PRICES
$1.50 A TEAR
PRICE TWO CENTS
ARMIS.ICE. DAY SERVICE
Cornelius Flanagan Died on
Sunday at the Age of Eighty
Years of Paralysis.—Was
III For a Year
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Cornelius Flanagan. Wont Con-shohoeken's
oldest man, died at hi.-*
home, 819 Ford street, phortiy after
midnight Sunday morning, aged
[.bout eighty years. Death wan
caused by para'yeis from wiiich ho
had been a sufferer for tho past
year.
Deceased was born in County
Ttoscornmon, Ireland, and emigrated
to this country in 1S73. lie located
in West Conshohocken and secured
employment in the Albion print
works, situate on the site now oc-cupied
by the John Wood Manufiie-turing
Company. On Juno 1">, 1M18,
lie entered the employ of the late
(leorge Bullock as watchman at the
plant in I)alllgomiugo and held the
postlon continuously through the
ownership of the U. C. Jones Com-pany
and the Diamond State Fibre
Company until failing health com-pelled
him to retire about a year
ago.
Deceased was of a kind and jovial
disposition and mode friends of all
with whom he came In contact. He
was a faithful and conscientious em-ployee
and commanded the ftbpOCt
and goodwill of his employers. When
not engaged at his daily wont be
spent most of his time Wltl his fam-ily
and was a loving and dutiful
father, He was at one time a heavy
taxpayer and was always interested
in any movement pertaining to town
betterment, although In newt
sought a public office.
Mr. Flanagan v.as a man who
always enjoyed excellent health and
seldom missed a day's work oa ac-count
of sickness until about a year
ago when ho suffered a slfgut stroke
of paralysis. He, however, recover-ed
sufficiently to be about tho house
and take short walks, although ow-ing
to his advanced ag-» ho was
never able to resume his duties. On
Saturday, November 4, ho suffered
a second stroke and from that time
until his death his condition was tt*
tremely critical.
He was a devout merabo.* of ?t.
Gertrude's church 6lnce its organ-ization
and was an active worker in
its affairs during its early days. He
was also a member of the George
Clay Fire Company.
He Is survived by tho following
children, all of whom reside in West
Conshohocken: John, Thoinaa and
Edward Flanagan; Kathr/n, wife cf
John Fenelon^And Mary, wife of.
Harry Cunnimjfcai".
The funei-al^Wl tak* plnco to-morrow
morning from his late home.
Solemn High Mass of Reiuion will
be celebrated in St,. Gertrude's
church at 9.30 o'clock. Tho inter-ment
will be made in St. Matthew's*
new cemetery.
Ellwood Jones
Ellwood Jones a former member of
town council and one of th>- oldest
employes of tin- Lee Tiro & Rubber
Company, died on Saturday at his
home. 425 Forest nvcniio, West Nor-riton
township, adjoining Norristown
in his 6'Jth year.
Mr. Jones had been In ill health
for sometime suffering with an ail-ment
of the heart but continued at
work. He was in charge of the
"puncture proof" department at the
plant of the Lee Tiro /4 Rubber Com*
pany from its beginning. A few
days ugo he suffered an attack which
did not respond to treatment unil
caused his death.
Mr. Jones resided here most of hll
life and served a term In town coun-cil
representing the Fifth ward.
He was nctlvo in Republican poli-tic!
and waH active In borough af-fairs,
lie was a member of Goniho-hocKen
Fire Co., No. !'; Conshohock-en
Dodge of Moose, No. (81 and
Montgomery Circle, I!, of A.
He is survived by his widow and
threp children: Mary, wife of Luther
Johnson, of this borough, Ellwood W.
and Sylvester Jones.
The funeral will be held from his
late residence tomorrow afternoon at
1.3 o'clock. The Interment will be at
Oulf cemetery.
Memorial services wore "held both
morning and evening in the Pyle
Memorial Wosleyiin (lunch. West
Conshohocken, last Sunday. In the
morning, before taking up his ser-mon,
Rev. J. C. Keller, the pastor,
held a brief Armistice Day service
HI which he referred to tho day <■!
the signing of the armistice and
what it meant, to tho world; what
have the four years wrought In tho
world and that great and heavy loss
of human Hie. After a brief of
silent prayer tho anniversary closed
and the pastor proceeded with his
sermon.
At the evening service the congre-gation
united In a memorial anni-versary
service In memory of the
late Rev. Charles M. Pyle. who died
October :it>ih. 1921. In this part o(
the service, the pastor referred to
the loving service rendered by the'
late Mr. l'ylo to the church and tho
community. His sturdy Christian
character, his clean upright life and
kindly disposition, always ready to
help promote the best good for the
people of the community as the
outstanding traits of this servant of
God.
The memorial service was opened
with prayer by Ceorge Laverty.
West Side Council Will Try to
Engage Local Men to Act as
Traffic Cops in Order to
Stop Auto Speeding
ASK FOR "FIRE POLICE
COMMUNITY CENTER
The Italians Mothers Meeting was
held In the Park House on Tuesday
afternoon at 2.30 and was In charge
Of Mrs. D, 11. Clark assisted by Mrs.
J. Q. Thomas, Mrs. Spencer Jones,
Mrs. Sanmel Wright, Mrs. Kennedy
Miss Anna Davis, Miss Porter and
Mrs, Bteole.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2.30
the Kindegarten Mothers Club will
entertain the Married Branch hel-pers
of the tllrls Friendly Society.
Mrs. Horace Quay will bo the hos-tess
for the day.
On Thursday evening the Execu-tive
Board of the Comunity Center
will give a musical and reception to
the Volume--, —--'-" n' the center.
Mr. Kenneth Pray, director of Pen-na.
Scboo., .v.._ *uu ..eaith work
will be the speaker.
AU.hoys over teu years of age Who
wish to Join tho carpenter or cob-bling
dosses for the winter will not
lfy Miss Ixiber this week. The an-nex
has been put In readiness and
the classes will start neit week.
Dues for member of the Commun-ity
Center will be five cents per
week. Non-iue.io.berB 10 cents per
week.
MISSIONARY SERVICE
The regular meeting of the Mis-sionary
Society of tho Oulph Chris- I
tian church will be held this even-ing.
The meeting will be opened
to the public and a cordial invita-tion
is extended to all to attend.
Miss Fannie Cleaver, of this bor-ough,
spent a year in Alaska as a
missionary from the Episcopal
church, will deliver an address In
.which she will tell graphically of
the habits and customs of the in-habitants
of the far North, of the
work that is being carried on their
and tho great need of additional
help. At tho close of the service
refreshments will be served.
The Ladles' Aid Society will con-duct
a (luiltlng party in the parson-;
age" of the church all day on Wed-nesday
and Thursday. The regular
meeting will be held Thursday even
ing
MEETINGS
A special nneting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, of Conshohocken Fire
Company No. 2, will be held in tho
lire house this evening. Mrs. Mar-shall
H. Mlllwurd, treasurer, will
be present to receive the money
from members having tickets for
the recent supper and who have up
to the present time failed to mate
settlement.
The next regular meeting and
social of Wainwrlght Temple will
be held OD Monday evening, Novem-ber
30th, at the home of Mrs. Jose-phine
Grisdale. 730 Chain street,
.Norristown.
The tegular meeting Of West
Conshohocken Town Council, post
l«>ned from November 1st. waa
held last Friday evening.
The matter of pravmtiUi tttttO
speeding was the chief topic of dis-cussion.
The communication re-ceived
by Burgess McKlliattnn from
the headquarters of the State Con-stabulary
refusing any aid was read.
The BUggestion that' two capable
men be sworn in as special officers,
to operate tho speed trap was also
discussed and the matter was left in
the bands of the Police- Committee
and tho Burgess with power to act.
Mr. CosK'llo called attention to
tin fact that the Police Committee
had not complied with the instruc-tion
of Council in having a traffic
light placed at the corner of front
and Ford streets. Mr. Cassey re-plied
that the Committee had not
complied with the instructions for
two reasons. First, because the
light he thought was too expensive,
and secondly hi' though that mark-ing
off the thoroughfare with while
paint would be far bettor aud also
more economical. The matter was
again left up to the Police Commit-tee.
The secretary was Instructed to
write to Boss Noblltt, deputy tax
collector of the 1921 duplicate, to
appear ot the next meeting of Coun-cil
and be ready to make final set-tlement.
Burgess McElhattan reported to
council that complaints had been re-ceived
by him from tho trustees of
the Balligomingo Baptist church
that the church property was being
defaced and destroyed. He reported
that he had taken the matter up
with Officer McShane and instructed
hira to endeavor to apprehend the
offenders.
Mr. Cassey reported that he saw
a youth of the borough throwing
stones at one of the signs warning
against auto speeding and that he
went to the mother of the boy and
explained to her the seriousness of
the practice and told her that on
the next offense the boy would be
prosecuted.
On motion of Mr. Cassey a com-mittee
of three was appointed to
confer with tho members of the
(ieorge Clay Fire Company and ask
them to appoint six members to bo
sworn in and act as fire police and
also act as special officers when
needed by the borough. President
1-awless appointed the following
members:' Kdward Cassey, Howard
Ilannum and Joseph Costello.
The Light Committee reported
that two lights were out during the
month.
The reports of the rest of tho
committees contained ' nothing un-usual
nnd were adopted.
The report of the treasurer was
as follows:
Balance from last month .. f 868.85
Becelpts during month 88*8.31
CELEBRATE SILVER
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry,
Hammond. 151 Wesl Eleventh ave-nue,
was ihe s< >ne of a happy gath-ering
on Baturt fy evening, in honor
of their tweni tilth wedding anni-
>'■>'■
V most en.|< 'able
spent In music
The. features o
ing the danolni
.line Rmineclu
t*vo little niece
At a late hou
vited to tin
evening was
garni s and dancing.
the enjoyment he
of Edith and Cath
■, of Philadelphia.
of .Mrs. Hammond,
the guests wore in-dining
room which
deoorated with yei-hrysanthemums
and
d Where was spread
was beautifully
low and white
potted plant*. 8
a sumptuous rtpast. In the center
d<n. tt, .1.. Aud
phis and the C
8 large wedding
Hammond were the
any beautiful and
|oi silverware and
resent from Aud >
of the table w
cake,
Mr. ami Mrsi
recipients of iu
costly presents
ifQt glass.
Quests »eii
bon. V J . Collligswood. N. J.. Cam-ion.
Pa. Phlladel
nshohockeiis
FIREMEN NOMINATIONS
The regular eetlng of the t 'on-shohocken
Fire. Jomnany No. 2 was
held last evcnlfc and there was a
large attendan* of tho members
present. Asideffroni the regular
routine of business it was decided
lu hold a firemen's fair from Pecem-bet
I I io -'■: inclusive. Francis L.
FTeas was appointed chairman nnd
a committee ot twenty of the most
active members! signified their will-ingness
to assist.
The equipment ot the company
has been Inore.iiit d by .100 feet of
high grade tije hose purchased
through the iiaje Fire Pump Com-pany
of this borough.
Nominal Ions lor officers to be
elected at the next meeting was
held. The following named persons
were placed in nomination: Presi-dent.
Edward Atkinson; vice presi-dents.
Charles Smith and Elmer
Bolton; financial secretary, Irvin
Klstlne; recording secretary, i Wil-liam
Sw.dmler: treasurer. William
Reynolds; trustees. Wlnflold t<obb
nnd Kdward Atkinson; chief J»ngfn-oer,
R, 1). Pearson. Sr.. and EUward
Connard; assistant chief. Ludwig
Little; engineers tsev«n to he elect-ed),
(leorge Jones, Thomas .hue-.,
Horace Woodward. Walter W. Elsen
berg. Edward ifttkimmn, William
lxmgnrre. William Sweimler, Fran-cis
L- Fri-as, Jr., Elmer Bolton;
lepresentativo to Montgomery Co.
Firenn n's Association, Walter W.
I'.i-euberg. Francis U Freaa, Sr.,
Edward Atkinson. Wiliam Reynolds,
William Longacre, William Sweim-ler;
delegate to State Firemen's As-sociation.
Charles Smith: Alternate,
Horace Woodward.
A MIDGET WEDDING
Total
I'.'xpenses during month
{9717.2(1
6868.61
Balance in General account 18463,65
sinking Fund 138LH>
Interest Account 1003.4!)
Fire Account 24...U'
Orders were granted for bills
amounting to $3140.74. leaving ■
balance of $316.81.
The absentees were Messrs. Ryan
and Adams,
Wallace D. Hallman
LUTHERAN CHURCH
OBSERVES LUTHERAN DAY
St. Mark's Lutheran church, of
this place, Sunday, held services In
keeping with the 439th birthday of
Martin Luther, founder. Special
music was rendered by the choir
nnd Dr. D. Bert-Smith, of German-town
was the speaker for the even-ing
service. Rev. Smith is secre-tary
of the parish and church school
board of tho United Lutheran
church.
Wallace D. Hallman died at his
home at Trooper on Sunday follow-ing
a prolonged illness, aged sixty-two
years. Deceased was born and
raised at Cold Point but removed
from that place many years ago.
He is survived by his widow anJ
one son. The funeral will tako
place tomorrow afternoon. Services
will be held In the Cold Point Bap-tist
church at 2 o'clock and the in
terment will be in tho adjoining
cemetery.
A BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON
perhaps m-ver before in tho history
of Conshohocken was then a mord
beautiful wedding th.vi that which
was solemnised last Friday evening
lit tho Qaptlst Church at eight o'clock
when Miss Dorothy Montross was
given in marriage to -Mr. Vincent
Weed in a Turn Thumb wedding un-der
the auspices of the Sunday
School. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Mr. Jack Koch.
Tho Immediate bridal party was
competed >>f the following children:
Dorothy siimtrosM Bride
Yinent Wood. Oleum
Jane BnYay Maid of Honor
Kerniii Wood Best Man
Bride's M.iida; Claudia Fairbalrn,
Frances I'ooney. I .a urn irwin, Dor-othy
Baldwin.
Flower Qlrls: Helen Zeber, Florence
McQuirns. Dorothy Campbell, Kdith
.Martin.
Train Bearers: Margaret Mooney
and Harold Culp.
King Hearer -...Sarah BhOWOlter
L'shers:
■ Roy Zeber. Gerald llottenstein.
Mahr Baxter Vaughn entertained
fourteen of her young friends at
luncheon at her home 421 Spring
Mill avenue yesterday in honor ol
her seventh birthday.
The dining room wae beautifully
decorated for the occasion n nd in
the center of the table was a large
birthday cake bearing seven candles.
Little Miss Vaughn was the recip-ient
of a number of tokens of re-membrance.
FIRE AT SPRING MILL
NEW SERIES!
November 27th
Citizen's 8. F. and L. Aeso'n
lO-fTrfe AdTOHiwnn-nt
JOINED THE RECORDER STAFF
Miss Minnie Harrison. 133 Fast
Fifth avenue, has become a member
of the reportortal staff of the RB-CORDER.
she will pay particular
attention to doings in tho women'*
: world anil social affairs.
I Information of happenings and of
coming events will be received at her
home or st the RBCpRDHR offlce.
CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
WINDS OP AFFAIRS
The Hallowe'en Celebration Com-mittee
held a meeting last evening
at the office of secretary C. A. Deft-mono
and closed up the affairs for
the recent wonderful celebration.
Alter all bills wore paid there was
a small amount left in the treasury.
Tho sentiment expressed at the
meeting favored making the Cele-bration
an annual affair.
A large hay shed on the Lenta
farm, now occupied by John Mar-zar/.
i. caught Are yesterday morning
about 1<> o'clock and was totally
destroyed. Conshohocken' Fire Com-pany,
as well as Barren Hill Fire
Company, responded to alarms, but
when they reached tho scene l\ wss
impossible to save any of the hay.
There was DO water on the place
i and the firemen directed their at-tention
to extinguish the llameS
which wore fast devouring a great
amount of cornfodder in the field in
which tho hay was stored, by use of
chemical streams.
MISS ALL8BACH ENTERTAINS
TEACHERS' AND
PARENTS' MEETING
A Teachers' and Parent's meeting
will be held on Wednesday after-noon
at 1 o'clock, in the public
school. Harry street. All parents
are invited.' Arrangements will be
made, for other meetings during the
winter.
L
Rose Hawkins Convicted of
Shootiag Woman Companion
cf Husband.—Conspiracy
Case on Trial
Mlse Leah Allnbach of 2Z1 Bast NEW SERIES!
Fifth avenue entertained a number citiien'e 8. F. end L. Aeso'n
of friends cm Saturday evening at November 27th
earn*. , jn-rrtfu Advertisement
LARCENY SENTENCES
Becauw her husband, John llawk-i
went to a eolored picnic on Aug-gtiHt
3ist at Xleber's Pak, in company
(vim Laura Cotton. Rose Hawkins,
the mien's wife, became jealous and
during an argument which followed
when she made the discovery' :" (l1"
park, there was a shoot inn match,
with the result thai Naurs received :■
bullet »nund in tho ear.
ti was claimed that Rose "went to
tho park for Ihe purpose of commit- '
ting the deed. Il was testified thiit
she carried the revolver in the bosom
Of her waist, that she slapped the
Cotton Kid over the face before
shooting her, that before she went to
the park she tested the gun to see if
11 would shoot all right.
All this was ilenod by the defend-ant,
although a statement produced
by Detectlvd Charles Hhnes, who
made the arrest, brought forth the
fact thai Hose intended to kill both
her husband and the woman. She
even said after the shooting that
she waa not sorry for what she had
done and hoped the woman would
die, according to the testimony of
Hones,
Mrs. Hawking said that she did not
have the Kim with her. but that when
her husband wns leaving the bouse
that morning- he placed the revolvei
In his pocket, as well as the brass
knuckles. Sim said that when she
went over to the swim, where her
husband and the Cotton.woman wi re
sitting, her husband pulled the gun
from his pocket and attempted In
shoot hen She grabbed his wrist
and while she was holding on to him
the nun v... • dla< harged and the Cot-ton
Kill was shot In the ear.
Without leaving the ix.x the Jury
rendered a verdict of guMty.
i .,-i'eiidiint was sentenced to soli-tary'confinement
for a period of
three yeans in the county prison, to
dale from August It.
Charged With Cswnkf.y-
In ("nun K'":n No. 1 before Judge
Swarts, there is on trial Dr. A. D.
BUble, Benjamin freeman, Michael
Beibere, Julius Helnts, Leonard Ger-soii.
Charles and Abe Miller, all
charged with conspiracy in connec-tion
with cars said to have been .stol-en
from Or. ltulds and freeman In
Philadelphia.
Seih.is and frersons have pleaded
guilty, and on the stand told of hav-ing
he.-n hired to take the cars away
from Philadelphia to the farm of
Julius li.intz, near I'erkiomenvilie,
where the machines are said to have
been destroyed. The men claimed
they were to receive $TS for their
part of the work. Sender stated on
the stand thai be waa instructed to
be sure and bring the keys back to
freeman, SO ho could present them to
the agents Of Ihe insurance company
when making claim for the Insur-ance.
Beoder said that he and fJer-son
drove the oar from Philadelphia
to the Perklomen section and then
return, d to the place where Prremnn
was located on front street, Phila-delphia
for Die money. They claim
thai the physician paid tioo to )mv»
them take bin car.
llelntz. who Is also accused of the
Conspiracy charge, h;in been out ot
Jail only a short time, lie was serv-ing
a sentence for the illegal manu-facture
of liquor. It was while State
Policeman Bhavar was making an in*
veatlgatlon at the iieintz place for
stills that bo came across what seem*
e.1 to be several bon-lires where
parts of suCos hnd been burned. The
state policeman continued his Inves-tigation
With the result thai several
arrests resulted. Iieintz was con-
Vioted of the liquor violation charge,
and after serving- some time waa pa-roled
that be might have a chance to
prepare bis defense In the present
case.
Boye Guilty of Larceny
Two colored hoys, Thoma.s Gordon
and Charles Slater, each aged 19
y.ear«. were arraigned before Judge
Miller in Court Hoom No. 3 on the
charge of larceny, In connection with
tho disappearance of a BOOkotbbok
containing nearly twenty-five dollars
from the home of Mrs, TowfTsend
fierce at Hryn Mawr.
Slater pleaded guilty, but Gordon
entered a plea of not guilty. The
lioeketliook and tho ureatcr portion
of the money had been found in pos-session
of Hh.ter some time after the
robbery was discovered.
The two young men. who came to
'this section of thp country from Vir-ginia,
secured a position helping a
eoemeter In Bryn Mawr. They went
with htm on a Saturday morning to
the Pierce residence to load eome
moving from the house on the mov
Ing van. They worked only a short
time when tley decided tO QUlt. They
left the premises together. After they
had gone Mrs. Pierce reported the
rice of her DOCkCtl k which
was on • I »nd In one of the rooms
The ill •!': wns reported to the pollcoi
and Officer Roy started an Investiga-tion.
The court sentenced both boj
Huntingdon Reformatory
Guilty of Liquor Selling.
More the greed for money than tho
. was apparent In the case when
franes Pornal was charged with
selling liquor and Daniel McConoms
was charged with transporting the
Intoxicating beveragt s
Mrs. Pornal. wop lives near v.
Man.-i j unk. i- i mpl i In a fac
at a weekly wage "i > 11. while
husband receives 18.20 per day for his
eight hours of labor, and notwith-standing
these ondltiona the woman
sold Intoxicating liquor ai her home
She pleaded guilty to this charge af-ter
hearing the plea of guilty made
by McConomy, who was the man who
purchased the liquor and was then
arrested while he had il In Ills pos-nesslon.
it developed during the trial thai
the husband of the woman had pur-chased
pure alcohol previous to pro-hibition
times to rub on n son- leg
from which he suffered, it was evi-dent
thai he did m>t have occasion t"
us. all ihe liquid so the wife reduced
the strength of Ihe liquor and sold it
at a profit,
Tin"- woman was sentenced to pay
a fine of $100, the costs in the case
nnd undego Imprisonment fofr n per-iod
Of tWO months.
MoConomy was given the nme sen-tence,
only that his Jail term began
from October 11. al which time he
Waa imprisoned.
John smith, who pleaded guilty
lasi week to taking part In .1 freight
cur robbery several months ago along
the North l'enn railroad, and who
wnsjtliot at the time while attempt-ing
to escape, was sentenced to two
years and six months.
Sentences
Judge Miller, this morning sen-tenced
Abo Robinson, of Philadel-phia,
to three months imprisonment
and the payment of $100 tine ' r
bootlegging. He admitted trying 11
sell liquor to Thomas Blackwell,
janitor at city hall and special of-ficer,
on September 16th in a barb'r-
■hop across from the police station.
Jack Davis was required to make
the usual payment for support or
child until it is 16 years of age.
Judge Millar sentenced John
Franklin, aged nearly SO years, to
undergo eighteen months Imprison-ment
for possession of burglar tools.
He had pleaded not guilty and At-torney
KouHte waa appointed to de-fend
him. The man said he had
found the screw driver and coid
chisel found on him. After his con-viction
l^ower Merlou police produc-ed
tbe criminal record of Franklin,
going back just fifty years, the sen-tencing
Judges in PhlladelphM.
Judge Miller remarked was a roster
of famed Jurists. The sentences ran
'jp to 1980, mostly for burglary.
Pleaded Guilty
August Lelbel pleadod guilty to the
charge ot statutory rape and was
given a sentence Ol ■ lnhteen months
t-i date from Beptember 19.
WILLLOCATEHERE
Bastian & Motley Co. of La
Porte, Indiana. Awards
Contract for a
Building
MAKE WATER HEATERS
Conshohocken Is t" have a n< w in-itial
Hill n\•• employment to
Tin nilttsty is an e«-
tnblished "i ■ md «ill h"1 removed t"
this plnci . 1 1. .1 building is er icted.
The I'.astlan X Mi
i. ivuti Intll mnnufacturei
gas water he: ters hns long consider-ed
bringing then plani to IW bOl •
ough In oiih-r to hi 1- nr- their raw
material mnrket, ibej being largo
of Khc! 11. Weld tanks and
hollers, mid tbe company has decided
to build a plant her,- on land ow
by the John Weed Manufacturing
1 'ompany. The site of tl Id n
null, ai the foot of fnyelte stn
will be li asi d to the company and
entativoH wor.- here and em-ployi
rt engin il dgn and give
estImates on n build up; the
Old waii-r mill Bite.
81 ei li I Sons, engrn -ers and con -
tiac tors, of Philadelphia, nr« estlm 1 -
tint nn a ;'• ' I and rnnen to one-story
factory building.
The company will do nothing until
estimates m e receivi d,
for more than a year the company
lias be. 11 considering moving Its plant
here and several months ngothebonrd
of directors adopted a resolution
authorizing the removal. The John
Wood Manufacturing Company offer-ed
1 he site now tics upled by the old
water mill, which is connected with
their faotnry'and is an Ideal site for
the gas heater company Inning i-a.ll-road
facilities Into the plant ami is
within u few hundred feet of their
raw material supply.
Tin- company does ti national busi-ness
nd I
being a leader in its line of products.
When tin- I.nilding is erected, It uill
contain every modern factory facility
for tin eonvenl nee of the workmen
and the business.
RAIDROADER INJURED
While working With a construction
Clew on the Trenton Cut-Off railroad
yesterday afternoon, Joseph Pair, of
1108 Swede street. Norristown. was
struck on the hip with a steam
shovel. The man was taken to
Montgomery hospital. An X-ray ex-amination
will be made to detenu;-,■•
the nature- of the Injury.
NEW DRAMATIC SOCIETY
A new di 1111a In --. |. -en
;' iSfrTonocKen hlKh
school and the membership is made
up from the momliers of graduating
classes of last year and this year. It
is the intention of tho members 1 (
the new organization io given uum-i"
r of entertainments during the
winter. Kusse! C. Erb, teacher of
science, will be in chargo of all the
entertainments, lie will write tho
plays and also Instruct tile young
people during their rehearsals
PERSONAL
Mr, and Mrs. M. II. Mlllwurd and
family spsnt Sunday ns the gUSJta
of Sherman Pippin, of itoxborough.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minnlg and
family, of Ml Bast Tenth avonuo,
spent Sunday at Ihe home of Aldln^
Minning at Chestnut Hill.
Farm Woman and
Mule in Hall Case.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Josejh G. Hero and Mary To'.h.
both of Bridgeport.
Robert Rowlker and Ulllan Wil-liams,
both of Pottstown.
Philip Hoffman and Isabel Ileilly,
both of Philadelphia.
CHARGED WITH
EMBEZZLEMENT
On tlie charge of embezzlement,
William P. Mofflt. of V22 Kim Street,
Conshohocken. was placed under ar-rest
and held for a hearing before
Magistrate Clark, of Norristown.
The Prosecutor is J. J. McGinn, of
(lie italiimore Life Insurance Com-pany,
by which company Mofflt hud
been employed. It is said he wan
short in his accounts. Because
there was a dispute as to the amount
which the Insurance company claim-ed,
the justice of the Peace decided
to continue the hearing.
GIVES ESTATE TO SON
The |2300 estate of Ellen Kirkpat-rloki
of Conshohocken, is given to
her son, William, who is named ex-ecutor.
NEW SERIES!
Citizen's 8. F. end L. Asco'n
November 27th
10-27tfn Advertisement
READ THE RECORDER, $140 YR,
The natural curiosity of a mule
was an Important factor in solution
of the murders of Rev. Hall and his
pretty choir sincer, Eleanor Mills, at
New Brunswick, N. J.
Mrs. Jane Gibson, farm woman,
in the early evening was riding
"Jenny" in search of corn thieves
when the mule attracted her atten-tion
to the murder party just at the
shooting started. Mrs. Gibson came
forw»rd as a witness when an inno-cent
boy was accused.
instruction In dancing, children and
• dults. Elisabeth Collins. 2nd avo, &
i Forrest IL PhOBS 837 X.
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