The Conshohocken Recorder, June 12, 1923

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®l)e Consljoljathen ftttjQKtar.
Established 18G9, No. 6644. PUBLISHED EVERT
TUESDAY AND Fit I DAY CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
$1.60 A YEAR
REV. IIBRADSHAW
Former Rector of Calvary P.E.
Church Passed Away on
Friday Alter an Illness
of Four Days
WAS RECTOR AT EASTON
Rev . Archibald Harmon Bradsbaw
:i former rector ol Calvarj P. E
Church, in this borough and tor the
past thirteen yean stationed at
Trinity P. E. Church In Daston.dled
in Burn Brae Sanatorium, Clifton
Heights, Di laware county, on Friday
following an illness of only .1 lew
daya from pneumonia, lie waa fif-ty-
two years <»f age.
Aside n.mi the duties encumbored
upon him as rector «>t the 1
church Ret Mr. Bradsbaw was ac-tive
in civic affairs In EDaston and
follow iiiL a period of strenuous work
lie suffered a physical breakdown.
On Tuesday of last week he wa
moved to the sanitarium where li"
might be under the personal treat-
Daily Bible Classes
To Start July 9.
Sessions Will Be Held in Calvary j
Parish House From 9 to 11
REV. A. H. BRADSHAW
men) of specially trained physicians.
Pneumonia developed and due to ins
run-down condition It was impossible
to cluck the ravages of the malady
ami ins condition becalm critical at
once. He grew rapidly worse until
Friday morning when be passed
away.
With him at the time of his death
were his wife and nopli. w, Robert
Nevln, who resided at the Bradsbaw
home.
The funeral took place from the
rectory of Trinity church, Bast'on
yesterday morning. Services wi re
held at 10 o'clock In the church
over which he has been the head
for the past thirteen years and
were attended by hundreds of
clergymen and sorrowing members
of ins congregation. i>r. Talbot,
Bishop in the Bethlehem Diocese,
preached the sermon during which
he eulogized the deceased. The In-terment
was made In SSastoo. 11.
DeLancey Downes, ol tins borough,
acted as inie of the honorary pall
hearers.
1 alvary church la thin borough
was the first charge over which Mr.
Bradsbaw was rector following his
ordination, lie came her.' in the fall
of ilia? from the church of the A-tonement,
In Philadelphia where he
acted as curate, lie was a close
friend of Dr. Dthelbert Talbot. Bia
hop of the Bethlehem Diocese, and
it was his ambition from his ordi-nation
to the priesthood to be under
him. The opportunity come in the
Spring of 1910, when a vacancy al
Trinity church. Boston, occurred.
Mr, Bradsbaw accepted tie call and
he assumed his duties on Easter
Bunday, of that year.
/During his rectorship al Calvary
church Mr. Bradsbaw was one of
the leaders for a community spirit.
He endeared himself, not only to the
the members' of his own cougrega
tion but was popular among the cit-izens
in general. Possessed of u
pleasing personality and a jovial dis-position
be was whai might well be
called a good mixer. He made
friends Of all With whom In'came in
Contact and bad that faculty of be-ing
able to retain them lie organ-ized
the Men's ciuh winch met reg-ularly
at th" Parish house and was
largely attended by men from all or
the different churches of the town.
A different speaker was obtained to
address the membera each meeting
and some of the most influential
men in Philadelphia were brought
to this borough.
Rev. Archibald II. Bradshaw was a
native of Indianapolis, Ind. a son of
the late John W. and Clara Harmon
Bradsbaw. He was educated at the
Classical School. Princeton Univer-sity
and Theological Seminary and
later at the Philadelphia Divinity
School.
His first Charge was at New York
where he was assistant rector at the
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At a meeting ol the represents-of
the various Sunday Schools
held on Sunday in the Baptist
church, plans were completed to
open a daily vacation Bible class.
Sessions will be held each Monday
from '•' until 11 o'clock with the ex-ception
of Saturday and Sunday.
The sessions will begin on Mon-day.
July '.'. and will continue for
four weeks. Children between the
Bgea Ol 5 and 16 years will be
milted to the classes.
The classes will be in charge
and directed by Mr. and Mrs.
Barnett, of Philadelphia, who
experienced in this work. They
will be assisted by volunteer work-ers
from the local Sunday Schools.
The vacation classes have been
Introduced into many towns and
have been exceedingly popular.
The work is Interesting and it is
believed it will attract and Interest
a large number 01' children.
BAPTISTS OPEN 91ST
L
May Use Night Force To
Complete School Kuilding
Contractor Promises High School
Will Be ready in September.—
Athletics.
ad-of
W.
arc-
Three Members of Heintz Fam-ily
on Trial—Crestmont Man
Charged With Giving
Liquor To Girl
WELCER'S JAIL SENTENCE
Many Churches Represented.
—Rev. Jos. Bagebeer, a For-mer
Resident. Preached This
Morning.—Services This Ev-ening
-ind Tomorrow.
The Ninety-Mist annual session of
Baptist churches opened In the First
BaptlSl church. Fourth avenue and
Many Street, this morning with re
.iiia' attendance. The seating capa-city
nf the church being completely
Oiled.
At 10.00 o'clock Devotional services
were held by Rev. 11. c;. Longford, of
Pughtown, Pa.
The address of welcome was de-livered
by the pastor, Rev. A. J.
Duvles, The reply for the Associa-tion
' Iven by R< •. John \v.
Elliott, of Wayne, Moderator.
The usual rout inc of business was
transacted. The report of the Exec-utive
Committee was made and the
annual election of Officers was held.
Rev. It. S. Waller, of I 'hoenixvil!*-.
u.i. sleeted moderator and Rev.WUR-Innon,
of Kennetl Square, was elected
v lee Itedecator,
In the absence of Rev, will H.
Ill on. of No 1 1 -islown. who has
been called away by illness. Key.
Joseph Bagebeer, a former resident,
and new of lb'' Great Valley Baptist
church, near Wayjie. preached the
morning sermon.
The meeting adjourned at 12 o'-
clock. Many Of the visitors made
the trip in automobiles, returning to-night
to their homes and coming
buck tomorrow, others will be en-tertained
over nigh) ami for break-
Cast ai the in s of the different
membei a,
The i.adi.s' social Union of the
local church have prepared dinner
and supper for the two clays.
Between aesslona the guesta will
visit the places of Interest In the
bOl-OUgb, including the Mary Wood
Park which is near the church.
The afternoon session at l.so o'-
Ciook opened with a service of gong
by Rev. Albert N. Huff, of West
Chester, Pa., followed by the wel-come
to the new pastors and the ad-dress
of the afternoon "Our Den I-natlonal
Tomorrow" by Rev. W. H.
Mam. i». n.. of Philadelphia.
Women's Hour at IAS was ned
by a missionary monologue by Mrs.
A. B. Strickland, followed by an ad-dress
by Miss ina shaw li.-id secre-tary.
The address qf the afternoon,
"The Reign of Lawlessness" was.
made by Dr. Samuel Zana Batten, of:
Philadelphia.
Tbc> service will open tins evening
at T.an with worship ami song, and I
1 van p. m. the address will be de-ed
6y Dr. Raymond II. West, of
Lewlsburg, Pa.
Sessions Will be held tomorrow al
1 .1 111. and 1.S0 P. m. and ill the ev- {
enlng at 7.80. The public are cor-dially
invalid
GRADUATING CLASS TO
ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE
Three judges were busily engaged |
yesterday in bearing Charges of 1
violation of the liquor laws. Casea
of this nature were listed in all
three rooms before Judges Miller.
Williams and Solly. A great bulk
01 the trial list is composed of
trials arising from licptor charges.
In some instances the defendants
eiiteivd pleas of guilty, while in
others the eases are being heard
before juries.
Heintz and Weiss Case
Before Judge Solly the entire day
was occupied in the case where1
three members of the Heintz family
of near I'erkiometivillc. and Her-man
Weiss, are charged with vio-lation
of the liquor laws in trans
porting whiskey to a point near
Norristown, where it is said tbey
were to'sell the liquor to people
awaiting their arrival.
Testimony of Chief of Police
Percy Wilson and Lieutenant Prank
Saml, of the Norristown police
Force, and Constable Filer, of Am-bler,
was to the effect that in the
latter part of April they received a J"'",'
lip from a man named (Sullaghcr
1 bat the lleint/. auto was to appear
on a certain evening with whisky.
The officers went to the place where
the delivery was said to he sched-uled,
and after hiding soine time
saw two automobiles approach.
Tbey saw a signal given and the
cars stop. The policemen swooped
down on the automobiles and ar-rested
the occupants of the motors
—the three Ileint/'s and Weiss.
They also found a Quantity of liquor
in the automobiles.
Later with a search warrant tbey-visited
the Heintz home and secur-ed
more liquor.
Julius Heintz, who is on trial,
has been before the court on a pre-vious
occasion on the same charge,
and was found guilty and sentenced
to a term in jail.
Gave Liquor to Girl
William Urown, of Cresmont, Is
on trial before Jmlgo Williams in
Court Room No. 2, charged with
selling and furnishing lieiuor. Ac-cording
to Mrs. Mary Williams the
defendant gave liquor to her daugh-ter,
Corlota William, aged 11 years,
and that as a result the girl was a
patient in Arlington hospital for
se-ve-ral days. The woman said her
daughter, after being at the Drown
store, came home walking in a
peculiar manner and that she used
much profanity, which was not her
customury way of acting. When
Architect Reinhoid informed the
school board at a special meeting
held oh Friday evening that I lie
addition to the high school building
WQUld be Completed and ready for
use al the c.'pe-ning of the lull scdiool
term, and mat tin- contractor bad
promised to put a 11UI1I force of
men, if necessary to have' the build-ing
ready in tiin. .
The architect took up the matter
of electric light fixtures for the
new building, and he was instruct-ed
to secure revised bids and have
samples submitted by the bidders.
A payment of $200(1 was made to
Crlssman Ai Quillman on account of
the heating contract. $17,000 worth
of work has been done and pay-ments
amounting to $18,000 have
been made.
The board instructed B, C. Fleck
to make detail plans of the Harry
street school building. The State
Hoard approved the suggestions
and tentative plans for the restora-tion
of the hurneel building, and
upon approval of the plans, esti-mates
will be asked for replacing
the building.
.Dr. Roth was added to the com-mill.
e in charge of school athletics,
which Is now composed of Superin-tencknt
llottenstein, B. K. Huns-berger,
principal of the high school
and William Pierson, ol the school
I The committee reported having
received a number of applications
for tin' position or physical direc-tor.
Dr. Until said a man Is needed
lor the position lo take charge of
all the children and lo coordinate
their physical work with the other
school vvoik. He said there are
many men available- who would
teach athletics alone but this is
not what is desired.
The committee will make a fur-ther
report to tbe board at tin-next
regular meeting and will only
recommend a man who is capable
of teaching tbe physical COUTSe,
hygiene, and will have charge of
all the social affairs of the school.
In accordance with a custom es-tablished
veral years ago,
the graduating class of tie- high
BCbOOl will attend a church ser-vice'
on the Sunday preceding the
commencement exerclese. Next
Sunday, the ':::'. (lass will attend
the morning service at the Presby-terian
Church and Itev. (). T. Allis,
professor of Semitic languages at
Princeton Theological seminary
will preach the baccalaureate ser-in
on.
ST. MATTHEWS GRADUATION
EVERCISES SUNDAY
The graduation exercises of St.
Matthew's high school will be held
on Sunday morning with special
services, beginning at nine o'clock,
in St. Matthew's church.
Solemn bigh mass will open the
exercises, preceding the awarding
of diplomas and the addresses of
the graduates and clergy.
a cdass of ten girls anil boys will
be graduated. The program of Hie
I exercises will appear In Friday's
.issue of the KECORDL0U.
the corrected the child the girl ran
from the house and returned to the
home of Brown. Some time later
Mrs. Williams went to tin- Brown
residence! and lound lier daugbter in
bed asleep. It was then she- dis-covered
her condition and hurried
her to tbe hospital.
Mrs. Williams said she herself
had on three different occasions
purchased whisky from Brown at
the rate of 76 cents a half pint.
Plead Guilty to Charges
Martin Miller plead guilty to
selling liquor at his residence In-
Ambler, at whose house officers
found a quantity of liquor, a still,
coils. Masks and coloring, lie was
sentenced to pay a line of $10 and
the costs of the- prosecution and
undergo Imprisonment tor a period
of thirty days to date from May
14.
John Swurtley. whose arrest took
place previous to that of Miller,
pleaded guilty to transport iflg
liquor. He had stated, following
his arrest that be made the pur-chase
at 1 In- Miller place. He was
sentenced to pay a line of $10 and
the costs of tbe prosecution and
undergo imprisonmenl for a period
0| go days 10 elate from May 14.
Pleading guilty to transporting
lieiuor. I dgar Creagor and William
Myers, of Cresmont, stated they
we're- not drunk, and Myers, who
drove the automobile, says that be-cause
the car was old and 11 led
repairs it rode in a zig-zag fashion
over the roadway, giving the ini-presslon
that tin- driver was In-toxicated.
Officer Haiioweli, of Cheltenham,
who made the arrest, said he had
been Informed that an automobile
was beinK driven along the highway
at a reckless speed. He went in
search 01 th. party and soon saw
the auto with Creagor and Myers
coming along York road. He stop-ped
the men and placed them un-der
arrest. When taken to the
police station the lieiuor was found.
Myers said the gallon of liquor
found In the auto was his aud he-was
taking it home. He had pur-chased
it In Philadelphia. When
asked what it was he said "stuff."
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Band Concerts Will
He Given at Park
Weekly Concerts and Dances Under
, Auspices of Community
Center
At an interesting meeting of the
Community Center Music Commit-tee,
held last evening in the Park
House, it was decided to hold six
public band concerts in the Park,
alternating with the Community
dunces, which will be held every I
other Thursday evening.
Miss Louise Wood presided at
the meeting. The concerts will open
with an attractive out-door produc-tion
of the Choral Society, on June
19, at which the local society will
be augmented by fifty niens' voices
from the Souderton Choral, whlcn
is also under the direction of Prof
Myron .lolls, supervisor of music
in the public schools here. The
Society lias been rehearsing enthu-siast
ic-ally for the pasl several
months, and a most delightful en-tertainraent
is promised, which will
be held on the portico on the east
wing'of the Park House.
The lirst band concert wil be held
in the I'ark on July 12. In case of
lain at any of the concerts, they
win be postponed until the follow-ing
Tuesday. This ruling will ;.p-ply
to tin- Community dances also,
permission for the holding of which
in the Park confines, has been
granted. .
Tbe dances will he held bi-month-ly
on Thursdays, alternating with
the concerts, of which it is planned
to hold six during the season.
Tin concerts will lie given by the
Conshohocken Band.
RECEPTION TO
MISS KIRKPATRICK
Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, daughter
of William Kirkpatrick, of 101 Bast
Tenth avenue, and who was gradu-ated
from I'rsinus College yester-day
morning as a member of the
1923 class, was te-ndered a reception
in the dance room of Conshoho?ken
Fire Company No 2 by her 'ather
and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Oeorge Royer, last evening.
The Interior of the hall was taste-fully
decorated tor the occasion.
The reception was attended by
about thir tystudents from Ursinus
College In addition to a large num-ber
Of persons from this borough
and Philadelphia.
Dancing formed the chief source
of amusement but the feature of
the event was the entertainment
provided by the vocal renditions of
Daniel Hlggins, tenor: Miss Claire
BiSSOl, soprano; Ira Yarnall, bari-tone;
Ralph and Newton Yarnall.
Mrs. Newton Yarnall, Miss Helen
Mi• Lemon. Miss Mary Young and
Arthur Fret/.
Following the serving of dainty
refreshments the evening's pleasure
was concluded with the class song
from the members of the Ursinus
graduating class.
ELECTS OFFICERS
Principal Hunsberger Again
Heads League, Which Has
a Membership of
Eighty-seven
SUFFERED LOSS IN FIRE
The- last Homo riml School Assoc-iation
meeting of the season was held
last evening in the high school build-ing
and was well attended. President
Byron Hunsberger presided.
The meeting was opened with mu-sic
by the high school orchestra,
followed by the reading of the- min-utes
of the previous meeting by the
secretary, .Miss Harriet Matthews.
The nominating committee ap-pointed
al the- last meeting submit ted
the following names for election:
president, Byron K. Hunsberger and
Mis. Stella llcCord; vice president
Mrs. .1. L. Roth, Mrs. C. 8. iiotten-
Bteln and Mrs. Stella Mct'ord; sec-retary,
Miss Ivi/.al.eth Mooore and
.Miss i.iiiie steels; treasurer, Mrs
JoBeph Smith, Mrs. Charles Head
and Mrs. Benjamin Koch.
The election was by ballot, the- fol-lowing
being appointed tellers; Ed-mund
K. Williams, Miss Qlmme] and
Hubert It. Wilson
The tellers announced the follow-ing
elected: president B, K. Huns-berger;
vice- president, Miss Stella
Mct'ord; secivtai y.Miss l.illie Steele;
treasurer, Mrs. Benjamin Koch.
These officers will serve for one- year,
Interesting reports were read by
the chairmen of the different com-mittees.
Mr. Hunsberger regretted
the small attendance al some of the
meelngs in proportion to our large
and growing community. As they
are- open to the public and all are
cordially invited, but it is hoped the
auditorium Will be ready for oceu-pany
by fall and the attendance win
be larger.
Mrs, Koch, treasurer, read a report
which showed the finances for the
year had been very satisfactory, with
all bills paid and a balance in the
treasury of I9JJ6 anei a membership
of 87.
Mrs McCord, as chairman of the
Mothers' Group of the Harry street
building, gave an Interesting ac-count
of the- year's work, the speak-ers
and their subjects, and the serv-ing
of the milk and crackers to the
children. During this period 3(170
half pints Of milk were served and
191 pounds Of cracks. Jl-'li.tO was
spent on items ami :. balance remains
in the treasury of $33.27. which is
considered very creditable. This
group was unfortunate in having
their entire outfit Consisting Of china
and cooking Utensils lost in the tire.
Rev. A. J. Daves, as chairman of
the publicity committee, read a good
report of the work done by these
members. Mr. Hunsberger highly
commended jb. RECORDER tor the
generous support and the printing of
man) notices and reports of the
meetings.
.Mrs. William Murray, chairman of
thfl social committee, was absent, but
the results of the work of this com-mittee
has spoken for Itself at each
meeting. Mr. Bib spoke us chairman
of the arrangement committee and
thanked the boys of the high school
for then generous iiely in transport-ing
chairs which we re loaned by the
Presbyterian church on one occasion,
and also by tin- Park House, before
the desks arrived and were placed in
t hi' room now occupied.
A splendid musical program was
given by the high school orchestru,
under the direction of Prof. Myron
.bills. Two years OgO we bad no
orchestra and today we- are highly
entertained by a splendidly organized
one by the pupils of the high school,
who are most generous with their
time- and talent.
Thomas itaser, a member of the
1)124 class, gave three of James
Whitcomb Hiley's poems in a most
creditble manner: "Farmer Whlpple"
"Nothing At All To Say," and An
Old Sweetheart of Mine" and after-wards
mystified the audience by an
accompaniment on a saw with a vio-lin
bow to the- victrola. which veas
highly applauded.
The social committee served ice
cream which ended the evening's en-joyment.
Tbe meetings will be re-sumed
in tbo fall.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. John Whitton cele-brated
the forty-ninth anniversary of
their marriage at their home, Ninth
avenue and Hallowed street, on Sun-clay.
In the afternoon the children
and grandchildren of the couple
called mi their parents to help them
celebrate- the event. A most enjoy -
able afternoon was spent and in the
evening a wedding supper was
served. Mr. and Mrs. Whitton are
annum the borough's oldest residents
and both have- lived here ail their
lives. Mr. Whitton has for many
years been In tin- employ of the II. C.
Jones c pany. Mis. Whitton is the
daughter of the late Philip and Man
Ristine and was born In West Con-shohocken.
The couple have nine
children,
HONORS FOR LOCAL STUDENT
OKT OUR PRICES on Lawn Mow-ers.
None Better and the prices are
right. KJSHOE BROS. TIIK WIN*
CHESTER STORE. Advertls«m»»t.
Fedeiieo !-'. Mailed;, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Mauok,of Payoffs .street
a student at Williams college, Wil-llanistown,
Mass., Class '24. has been
honored by the student body by be-ing
elected assistant manager of the
college track team.
New Fire Signal For
Conshohocken Co. No. 2
Conshohocken Fire Company No. I
ll I" have- a new lire signal. At the
lar mooting of the company held
last evening it was decided to pur-chase
an Byriok electric siren ami
the following committee was ap-pointed
with authority to make an
Immediate purchase: Prank initner,
chairman: lvswoiih l-ii-as. Tl101n.es
Jones, Franklin Thomas, Jr. and
William Bwelmler.
The new signal "ill be placed al
tin- top of the tower on th.- hose
bouse ai Ninth avenue and Harry
' and it is expected to be- set in
place within the- next two week*. The
signal is guaranteed to in- heard for
a radius of eight miles ami win he
Installed on thirty days' trial.
Plans for tin- coming block party
weie discussed and the various cum -
mlttees reported much progress. The
aliaii- will be- hebl on Friday evening
June- 2L' ill front of the the hOUSe and
on Saturday evening, June 23 at the
corner of l-'irst avenue and Harry
Street.
E
Main Line Electric Train Col-lides
With Derailed Train of
Empties at Villanova.—Sta-tion
Wrecked.—Four Pas-sengers
In Hospital.
A serious wreck occurred on the
main line of tin- Pennsylvania Rail-road
at 10.30 o'clock this morning In
which a number of passengers on a
city bound electric train were slight-ly
Injured and four Buffered from
cuts and bruises that they were tak-en
to p.ryn Mawr hospital for treat-ment.
The- Injured arc-: Helen Yard, a
student at I'.erwyn school; Harry
Douglass, a resident (if New Jersey.
Walter Cooper, Ardmore and Samuel
Royzerber. Philadelphia. None is
seriously Injured ami will lie able to
leave- the hospital in a day or two.
The accident occurred directly in
front of the Villanova stution. A
long train of empty passenger coach-es
were being taken from Broad
Street Station to I'aoli. and ran into
an open switch. The tram was de-railed.
A passenger train from I'aoli
was entering the station and before
it oould be brought to a stop collided
with the derailed train and several
ears were thrown agaifcSt the station
badly wrecking the building.
A number of passengers suffered
CUta and bruises and lour passengers
Were so badly cut and bruised that
'they were remo-ed to the hospital.
First aid was given to the other In-jured
and most of them continued en
their Journey tO the City and others
returned to their homes.
The wreck delayed traffic for some
time.
Wrecking crews were quickly on
the scene and all the tracks will be
open this afternoon.
Tbe railroad company baa a large
force of men at work clearing up the
ruins from the dlsasterous tin- at
Broad Street Station train shed. All
Schuvlkill Valley trains are using
West Philadelphia station us a ter-minal.
MEETING TO COMPLETE
PLANS FOR MEMORIAL
Tablet to be Set in Place and Monu-ment
Unveiled on July 4th.
A public meeting will be held in
the public school building tomorrow
evening when plans for the placing
the tablet in the monument In the
West plaza of the river bridge and
arrangements for the celebration
in connection with the unveiling on
the Fourth of July will be com-pleted.
The meeting will be open to the
public and every one is Invited to
attend. Invitations have been sent
to the members of St. Gertrude's
parish and the members of the
Soldiers and Soldiers Memorial As-sociation
are urged to be present
with the single idea that all get to-gether
and rush the monument to
completion.
The Art Commission has sanc-tioned
the idea started by the
schools to complete the ob and have
given them authority lo place the
tablet on the marker so that thero
Is no danger of the Commission in-terfering
with the work.
It is hope by those who are as-sisting
the schools that a large and
representative body of citizens bo
present so that suggestions may not
come from only a few. Committees
will be appointed to arrange for
the different features connected
with the unveiling.
Mis. John Fearnside, president of
the Home and School league of
West Conshohocken, will preside at
the meeting.
PHYSICIAN TRANSFERS
PRACTICE
Dr. P. Grueger, who lias offices at
7:1 Fuyette street, has sold his
practice to Dr. W. J. Owen, who
will maintain the office at the same
address. Mrs. Owen Is a native of
New Jersey and Dr. Owen is a Ken-tuckian
and is locating here to be
near Mrs. Owen's family.
Umbrellas repaired and covered at
KKHOE'S, 217 Hector street.
Advertisement
PRICE TWO CENTS
E
Steel Plant Officer Spent Day
in Making Arrests Only
To Have the Case
Dismissed
STRANGERS GIVEN AID
Deputy Sheriff Mitchell, of the
commlssiary at the Ivy Rock plant
of the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Com-pany,
experienced an exciting time
last Friday and succeeded in cap-turing
his quarry only to have the
ease dismissed before Magistrate
Rgbert of Norristown, On Saturday
morning.
The history ol" the trouble started
back in the middle' of last week at
an employment agency in Baltimore
and broke Into a fury on Friday
morning, with charges and counter-charges
by (he Deputy sheriff and
four young men who came to the
Ivy Hock plant for employment.
Frank O'Malley. Lloyd Will. Mar-vin
Walker and a fourth person who
made his escape, hired at the Balti-more
employment agency about the
middle of last week to work in the
steel plant. All are respectable
young men and according to their
story, were given assurance that the
camp at the plant was an excellent
building kept In the most sanitary
condition and only the best of men
to mingle with. The quartette board-ed
a train at Baltimore on Thursday
and landed at the commissary about
8.SO o'clock in the evening. When
they applied for their supper they
were told it was too late but they
were given some sandwitches. O'-
Malley refused to partake, claiming
he could not eat them. When they
were assigned to their sleeping quar-ters
they claim it was more than
any of them were used to. The
hunks were hard with no covers and
they elected to sleep on the lawn
near the olfice rather than to enter
the bunk. During the night It start-ed
to rain and they made their way
to the railroad station and stayed
there until morning. They were wil-ling
to work but asked for- better
living conditions. Their suitcases
were at the station in this borough
but the head of the commisary held
the checks and they were unable to
get them. They applied at the sta-tion
but were refused.
Later in the day Deputy sheriff
Mitchell came to the station and se-cured
the cases from the station.
The men were present at the time
and were ignorant of the fact that
Mitchell had any official title
or even power so they picked up
their baggage and started off. In
the afternoon the officer started to
round them up to secure his week's
board of eight dollars, although they
had eaten only a few sandwitches.
He located them in the vicinity of
Miquon and hailed a passing auto-mobilist
to assist lflm in bringing
his prisonrs to this borough where
he locked them up for the night.
The men were arrested without a
warrant but after they were arres-ted
he went before Magistrate Eg-bert
and secured the document.
When the officer arrived at the
jail he had no key to the room but
finally succeeded in getting the door
open. As Officer Ruth came back
from his supper he saw the crowd
congregated at the corner of Hector
and Forrest streets and one man
about to pull off his coat for a scuf-fle
with the Deputy Sheriff. Officer
Ruth advised the man that the eas-iest
way is the best and the man
submitted to being placed 1 n the
cell.
I,ater in the evening it was learn-ed
that some of the prisoners were
ex-service men and told their side of
the case. Members of the Volpe-
Binns Post Veterans of Foreign War
became interested and procured
counsel for the men at the hearing
on Saturday morning. Members of
the Washington Fire Company pro-vided
supper and breakfast for tin-men
and some of them went to the
hearing on Saturday morning.
When the case was called and the
charges preferred it looked as
though the men would be punished
but when counsel for the defendants
had finished his arguments and
showed that the prosecutors had no
case the men were discharged.
They came here to seek employ-ment
and were willing to go to work
under favorable living conditions
and after the hearing came back
here, seceured employment here and
will live here.
Mitchell was sworn in as deputy
sheriff but he has not outhorlty on
the steel Company's property.
The employment agency and the
commissary, it is understood, are o-perated
Independently of the Alan
Wood Iron & Steel Company.
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