The Conshohocken Recorder, November 2, 1923

              C0nsl)0l)ochen fkcorkr
Established 18G9, No. 5G85. Pt'BURHED EVERT
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
11.60 A YEAR
PRICE TWO CENTS
H.C. JONES CO. PLANT
DlOTFIl;
THE CONSHOHOCKEN
CHORAL SOCIETY
Since the org cation of tiio Com-munity
Center, a number of Ita mem-
MIS have endeavored to have n
strong and efficient Choral Booiety
e to sing
y jciin together to produce choral
singing and those lovera of mush
who cannot sing well can com.' to
the presentations at Intervala to lis-ten
io the choral singing, .
The aooletj was organised and has
been HI exlatence al i two years.
Several presentations or choral sin"-
ing were made and greatly enjoyed
by the representative audiences, ion
tin* membership did nol thrive, and
waa not as large aa Ita organisers
expected
This foil .Miss M. LOUUM Wood, the
president of the society, haa called
a meeting io the Park Rouae for
Friday evening, November tilth, at
eight o'clock, '['ho membership this
winter will be restricted to females
alone. The Girls Friendly Society,
ALL READY FOR BIG
El i
Ei
KITCHEN DAMAGED BY
EXPLODING WATERBACK
Only Hour of Explosion Saves Fam-ily
From Injury
encourage
tn recruit members for it.
prof. .lolls. Instructor of singing
la the Conshohocken Behoofs will be
the leader of the soolety, giving of
his time without charge.
The officers of the society hope
that all those Interested in singing
will give assistance in any manner
possible.
—i , .-.IIWIIK .mo riiHirm \ noi.tl
Two Departments' of Local '"'" s"'"," ',',""" " !v ««_«i- AT . _ *-v/val may join pro. II'
Manufacturing Plant Swept
by Fire on Wednesday
Afternoon
SMOKE HINDERS FIREMEN
Fire of an undetermined origin,
broke out in th,. picker di partment
of the textile mill of II. C. Jones
1 '■< mpany locatt d on Washington
street ohm,. Poplar shortl) after 2
o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, ami
before it was extinguished Lhe
flames had eaten then way through
the carding department.
While the plant was in full opera
lion a flame hurst out shortly alter
2 O'clock. Employees of the plant
, Immediate!) grabbed the hand ex-tlngulshera
ami the sprinkling*sys-tem
was |iul in operation in an ef-fort
to extinguish the flames before
they had a chance tn gain head way.
Tie- light, fllmj material which is
used ill this department was an easy
prey to the blaze and the flames
spread almost as rapidly as if among
powder, As soon as il was seen that
the the was getting beyond the con-trol
of the noil fence. the Whistle
Was blown and later an alarm was
soul to the local department. Ilow.-
ever, by the tune the alarm was re-ceived
the Washington Company's
apparatus was out of the building
ami on its way. The George Claj
Fire Company, of West Conshohock-en
also responded. Cbnshohocken
Fire Company claims their alarm did
Hot ling and that one of their Siom-liers
tried to summon them II
different times but their ahum did
not ring either time. Tin- apparatus
"was no! at the lire.
The Washington Are company con-nected
with three plug streams and
the George Clay Company went tol
the canal and pumped two streams,
The firemen had made their con-nections
ami were ready to play on
the flames, but waited for several
minutes while the stock of several
hundred dollars value was carried
from the.stock room beneath the lire.
Immediately after the stock had been
removed tin- firemen made their way
by means of ladders In lhe second-story
windows and poured five
streams of water on to lhe biasing
yarn, much of which was being run
through the machines.
Tlie firemen wen' handicapped by
the dense clouds of black, oily smoke
tlfst. poured out of ihe windows Into
their faces. However, within half
nn hour after they had been in set
vice, the Bremen had the Ore under
control.
Good Weather Only Thing
Necessary to Insure Great-est
Demonstration Bor-ough
Ever Had
SIX DIVISIONS IN LINE
The greatest mummers' parade
the borough ever witnessed will he
held tomorrow evening. The only
thins; ih.it can possibly prevent il
Will he Unfavorable weather.
The llnal arrangements for lhe
demonstration was mnde lnst oven-ing
at a meeting of the Merchants'
Association In the Washington hose
house and every detail was complet-ed
lor the parade. The line of par-the
Women's t'atholic Alliance andj ade will he made UP of six divisions
the Womans Club have all agreed to '."'<' '">' d,?",_0.n_h.M ^l.™1*™!
the society and endeavor
ACCIDENT VICTIMS IMPROVING
Bdward Whlteman, residing with
his son-in-law, John Hidden. 804
Forrest street, is recovering from an
accident he received nearly' two
weeks ago and which has confined
him to his home since that time.
on October 20th, while returning
from n visit Io his daughter -Mrs.
George Rutter, be fell while boarding
a trolley at rlarraonvllle ami broke
two ribs and Strained the muscles of
his side, lie was brought to his
home and has 1 n under the care of
a physician.
Eizey Freas, of Fifth avenue ami
Wells street, is recovering from a
painful injury received while at-tending
to his duties at the bOl fac-tory
of the Francis U Proas <;iass
Works on West Tenth avenue sever -
al days SgO. The young man was
engaged in operating the sanding
machine when the box he was hold-ing
in his hand slipped allowing both
hands to conic in contact with tile
Bander, badly burning the flesh from
the ends of live of his lingers, One
of the dibits waa burned into the
bone.
Vincent Wilson, of Blast Hector
street and who is a patient in Mont-gamery
hospital, is recovering from
the effects of an operation perform-ed
more thai a week ago for lhe am-putation
of four timers following an
accident when he had hia hand
Caught in a hoi press, is doing ns
well as can he expected. His con-dition
is SllCh that III- expels Io he
able lo leave the institution in a few
days.
An exploding waterback in the
kitchen of [fiber I.old, at .",fl Forrest
street, shortly after seven o'clock on
Wednesday morning, blew the plates
off the slave, scattered ashes and
hot coals over the floor and Ignited
the carpet. -Mrs. I.ohh ran to the
Washington hose house only a short
distance away and Jesse Stcmple
went to the house with a hand ex-tinguisher
and put out the tire be-fore
it hail gained any headway.
When I In- explosion occurred Mrs.
I.ulib was in llu- second story with
her four children. .Mr. l.ol.l, hail left
only a short tin^e before for his
work. Had Ihe explosion occurred
half-hour later all of the Children
would have been seated at tlie table
close lo the stove eating their break-fust
and it is more than probable
seme of them would have been in-jured.
Fortunately the lire in the stove
was not n hot one ns she was using
riddlings. Had the stove been hot
the explosion would have been much
worse,
TRACT OF 80 ACRES
Purchased At Sheriff's Sate
Property of Chas. Hanson.
Will Sell Part and Develop
Remainder
SAVE BUYERSTROM LOSS
I
OF FOUR ARRESTS
Bad Whiskey Delivers Knock-out
to Four Men.MHauled
to Station in Auto—Three
Sentenced to Jail; Other
Pays Fine.
Bad whiskey, believed by the po-lice
to have been Obtained In a no- Sixth division—Floats, both fancy
torioua hootch factory In the vicinity nn,i advertising, ijno Up ,,n Maple
of Seventh and Spring Mill avenueH, S|,.ppt above Flni.
was the cause of the arrest of four T|le nst oC lnp prizes w|lt be
men, who Imbibed to SUCh an extent awarded as follows:
on Tuesday aflernoon as to heroine SPECIAL BAND PRIZES
"OSSlfled" and had to be hauled to Best |,nnd. fall: second best hand,
He police station in an automobile *25: third best hand. $25.
which Police Officer Harrington had | FIRST DIVISION (Fancy)
lo convert into a police patrol. r?est Club, $20: Second Rest Club,
on Tuesday afternoon complaints ( $20: Rest Croup. (J or more) $15;
wei, received by Burgess DeHaven Second Rest Croup (2 or more). $10;
from residents of Fast Eighth ave-1 Best, Bride. Ladies Cold Ring (J. B.
nue on account of the presence of n Ray)! Second Best Rrlde, Pair of
number of men in the vicinity who Ladies' Rumps (R. Nngele); Rest
were drinking and conducting them- I Goddess of Liberty, Fancy Waist (A.
selves in an obnoxious and indecent Swede); Most Modern Flapper. Face
manner. The Burgess despatched Powder (William Neville).
Reese P. Davis, Democratic
Nominee, Asks Friends Not
To Vote For Him.—Could
Not Accept If Elected.—
County Candidates.
Reese R. Davis, who was made a
candidate for school hoard on the
Democratic ticket at the primaries
. by the voters in two wards writing
' in Ills name, withdraws from the
Officer Harrington to the scene but
by the time he arrived the "block
and fall" had sunk into, their sys-tems
so deep thai three of them had
fallen and were dead drunk.
Tlie three men were Kdward
Keefe, Joseph Stemple .and Daniel
McGee. Bo helplessly drunk were
Auto Overturned
The Ford coupe of Elmer Allen
was overturned on First avenue near
Harry street yesterday afternoon.
Tlie car was being driven by Mrs.
Allen and she was accompanied by
four children. Mrs. Allen was driv-ing
toward her home on Spring Mill
avenue below Cherry strict when
Francis Myers, of West Consho-hocken,
attempted to drive past her.
Ills car struck the rear wheel of the
Allen car and overturned it.
Persons who saw the accident
hastened to the woman's aid and
helped lhe women and children out of
the upturned vehicle. None of the
Children were burl but Mrs. Allen
received a cut on the forehead that
required two stitches to close.
One of the doors was torn from
tlie car and the top was damaged.
Pentagon Club Meets
The Pentagon Club, of Community
Center, will have their regular busi-ness
meeting In the Park House this
evening. Miss VI t'urtiss is presi-dent
of the club.
Baby Go-Carts and Coaches retired
at KEIIOE'S, 217 Hector street.
Advertisement
for special displays. In order for
any one to figure in the prizes It Will
be necessary for the entrants to be
In the proper division.
The divisions will form at their ;
respective places not later than 7.30
o'clock and the parade will start
promptly at X o'clock, the blowing of
the siren on tlie Washington hose
bouse announcing tlie time. I
The division will be comprised of
and line up In the following posl- I
tlons:
First division—Fancy, line up on
Kim street between Fayette and For-rest
street.
Second division—Comic, line up on ,
Elm street between Forrest and Oak
streets.
Third division —Children. both
comic and fancy, line up on film
street between Onk and Maple
streets.
Fourth division—Mounted division,
line up on Maple Streets above Flm
street.
Fifth division — Fire companies,
line up on Hector Street between '"",""1' '''/' ' ,'"r ", ' "" TSf °RI,"
Forrest and Oak streets. ■"■ '" wWcn h« Wtolata« "is P0"'"
tion:
To the Recorder:
Having been nominated on the
Democratic ticket for school Direct-or
without my knowledge and eon-
| sent. I wisli to announce lo my
| friends of both parlies that it is my
desire that they refrain from voting
j for me. because if elected it will be
Impossible t,» devote the time re-quired
for tlie duties of such an im-portant
office as (hat of School Hi
rector.
' Yours sincerely.
iEESE P. DAVIS.
I The withdrawal of Mr. Davis
leaves hut one candidate on tho
Democratic ticket for the school
! bonrd. Thomas F. McCoy, of the
First ward.
| The Republicans have a full ticket
for school board and also have a full
ticket in every ward except the First
where they failed to name a Candi-da
te for town council.
I The Republican candidates for
school board are. Leonard Smith, of
the Second ward: Oscar Freas. of
the Fourth ward, and Alex. Young,
Of the Fifth ward. The sobool board
Is elected by the vote of the entire
borough.
Bight members of town council
will be elected next Tuesday. There
are Contests In only two wards, the
Second and Fourth.
In the First ward. Manus Sween-ey,
the Democratic nominee is unop-posed.
In tlie Second ward, there is a
contest between Norrls Campbell,
Republican and Lawrence Blanche,
Democrat.
Klwood Noblit and Archibald Fair-
SfiCOND DIVISION (Comic)
Rest Club, $30: Second Rest Club,
$20; Rest Group (2 or more) 110;
Rest Tramp. $5 worth of graceries
(Mrs. P. Locey); Second Rest Tramp
Umbrella (Stewart & Forst) Tall-est
man In line, Cuff Links Righler's
Jewelry Store): Shortea man In line.
they it was impossible for the oilier <;,.,,ls' Cap (William Katz): Rest
to get them to the station house and: Farmer, Silk Shirt, (H. Kleinman):
he pressed an automobile into ser- Best Former's Wife. Statue and Red-vice
as a police patrol and loaded ( estal (Zimmer's); Rest Acrobat, Bli-the
prisoners in and had the driver ver T>en<-ll (George W. Taylor): Fat-
Of the machine to bring them to the test Man. Box of Cigars (A, W.
brig. j Moore): Fattest Woman, Bar Bin
Later In the evening Constable (Stewart A Forst): Rest Irish Im-
Campbell arrested Winliclil Freas porsonator. Harmonica (L. H. Smith)
on Bast Sixth avenue, In the same Best Jewish Impersonator, Canned
condition and practically carried him Goods (John Rieleski): Rest Musi-lo
the Jail. r .elan. Ukelele (Stephens Music Shop)
On Wednesday morning Keefe.' Immediately after tlie parade ihere
Btemple and McGee were nrraigned will be a masked ball In the' Maple
before Burgess DeHaven and com- room of the Washington hose house
mined to jail. The former was sen- and another orie in tlie R. O. S. of A.
tenced to thirty days and the latter 'hall.
two to fifteen days each. When, A feature of the parade will he a ,
McGee entered the hearing room be troupe of bucking bronrhoes and af- ,,al'"n' "eI'ubh.ans.
presented a sorry spectacle. Ills t,r the parade they will give an ex-l.-
it eye was swollen almost shut and •hibitlon of riding on West Hector
badly discolored and his faee was street.
THIRD DIVISION' (Children)
First prize', $3.00: 2nd prize. $2.00;
3rd, $2.00; 4th. $2.00; 5th, $2.00: 6th,
$2.00: 7th. $1. 8th. II, 9th. $1. 10th. $1
11th. 1. 12th. $1, 13th, $1, nth, $1.
Sheriff Hamilton, in the court
house, Wednesday afternoon, sold
the property of Charles Hanson, lo-c;,
led in the First and Fourth wards.
this borough, and a small slrip in
Plymouth township, the whole com-prising
about SI) acres, to <'. Henry
BtlnSOH, Esq., representing the Con-
BhohOCken Realty Corporation. for
|200, The properly was seized for
debt of $47,768.46,
Tlie property was owned by Floyd,
Btinson and O'Brien estates, the
original owners being the operators
of lhe Conshohocken Stone (marries.
and in April 1980 was sold to Charles
Hanson, a promoter. Who planned to
develop the trail in the upper por-tion
of town and sell off the lots in
the lower section. A number of lots
were sold in both sections anil the
buyers were never given title as Mr.
Hanson had not paid for the land In
full. A number of the buyers bad
not paid in full but had paid several
installments of the purchase price.
Mr. Hanson has not been here for
sometime and tlie sellers and owners
of the property, Boyd, Btinson and
O'Brien estates had*the sheriff levy
on the property.
The Realty Corporation purchased
the property from the estates for
)42.000 and the sheriff's sale gives
them clear liile to the property. The
corporation expects to have posses-sion
within ten days.
The first act of the association
after the purchase was to issue a
Statement that the persons who pur-chased
lots in tlie tract from Charles
Hanson would be protected. Per-sons
who have paid In full will he
given title to their land and those
who have paid on account will be
given clear title upon the completion
of the payments of the purchase
price.
Will Sell and Develop
The tract consists of the Consho-hocken
stone quarries, situated in
the west end in lhe First and Second
wards and along the Plymouth rail-road.
This trail contains about 12
ALL PLACES OF BUSINESS
TO CLOSE AT 12.30 A.M.
Proprietors Summoned Before Bur-gess
on Tuesday Evening
All places of business in the bor-ough
will in the future be closed ai
IL'.:i» o'clock a. m. This hour was
agreed upon by a number of the
proprietors of business places at n
meeting before Burgess DeHaven in
the borough hall On Tuesday even
Ing.
Heretofore some of the places
w.ie kept open until as late as L' or
3 o'clock in the mornings. Com-plaints
were coming into the Bur-gess
about disorder and rowdyism
and in an effort to break up the
practice, lhe proprietor of every
business house in the borough that
was kept open until late was notl-lied
lo appeal' al Ihe borOUgh hall on
Tuesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
BurgeSS DeHaven explained the
object of the meeting and told of the
great number of complaints he had
received and it was agreed upon that
all should Close their places not later
than 12.30 o'clock.
The only reason for extending the
time one-half hour later than mid-night
was to give those persons ar-riving
in town On the last train an
opportunity to make any purchases
they might desire.
I
Stranger Forges Dr. Fag-gart's
Name To Check and
Has Boy Cash It-
Money Returned
FRIGHTENED BY DELAY
DIE OFmm
Ceremony Performed In St.
Matthew's Church, Wednes-day
Morning.—Out-of-Town
Guests Present.—Breakfast
at Bride's Home.
Marlon Veronica, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William (i. Wacker, 23X
East Seventh avenue, and Mr. Ed-ward
V. Flneran, spring Mill avenue
and Ash street, were married on
Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock.
Ill St. Matthew's church. Rev. Philip
Gallagher, D.D., I.D.D.. the rector.
Officiated al the marriage, which
was solemlnzed by a nuptial mass
and Witnessey by guests from Phil-adelphia.
Seaside Heights. N. J..
Xorristown and the Conshohockens.
The bride was attended by her
sister. Miss Viola K. Wacker and the
groom was attended by Mr. .lames
acres and has railroad connections j P. Meaney. of this borough.
badly bruised.
Freas was arraigned before Magis-trate
Light and fined. He was dis-charged
when friends come to his
rescue and paid up. •
Keefe secured bail on Monday and j 16th, $1, IGth. $1.
was released from jail. where he
was being detained for court charges ;
with aggravated assault and battery.
With intent to kill. He has been |
away from Conshohocken for more
than a year and was evidently eele-hraling
Ills return.
Patrick Kelly, who is the star wit-ness
against Keefe In the assnult
and battery case and who failed to
appear at the hearing on Monday,
was found in a drunken condition by
Officer Heald on Monday evening
and was committed lo Jail for fifteen
days.
BEAUTY CONTEST
IN THE RIANT THEATRE
The week of November 12th to the
17th win be the anniversary of the
opening of tlie Riant Theatre. In
celebration of it, tlie theatre will give
a beauty contest. All girls between
the ages of 18 and 60 are eligible.
Pictures will be taken at BotSWOOd
of all who apply, and the patrons of
the theatre (luring the anniversa i y
week will vote for the winner.
The one receiving the most votes
will lie given a first prize of a season
ticket good for two persons, and the
one receiving the second highest
number will receive a prize of a sea-son
ticket good for one person.
Tlie prize winners will be an-nounced
in the UKCOHliF.lt of No-vember
23rd.
FRIED OYSTERS!
Every Saturday oenlng. QFALITY
Bakery, Fifth avenue and Wells St.
Advertisement
Best Bride and Groom. Girl, box of
cindy (Mcl-ernon's); Boy, Box of
candy (Candyland).
Best Boy Scout, flashlight (Kehoe
Bros.). Best Girl Scout, Fern i w.
II. Baldwin).
POI'RTH DIVISION (Mounted)
Most Original Entry, Cent's Gold
ring t William II. Ray), Best Mount
Inner Tube (J. A. Wan-ell). 'Second
Best Mount. Serving Trnv ill. K.
Block &6ro.)
FIFTH DIVISION (Fire Co.)
Best Company, $50.00.
SIXTH DIVISIIN (Moats)
First prize, $25; 2nd, $10; 3rd, $10.
The following judges have been
appointed and will be assigned to
their divisions immediately before
the start of the parade. The prizes
will be awarded at the office of C. A.
Desimone In the Riant building. First
avenue and Fayette street and those
who are given tags will report there
immediately after the parade. Tlie
Judges are: George W. DeHaven.
Harry Logan, Paul i). Millar, s. B.
Griffith IXUI rislown), Joseph Mr-
Elhaltan, Seth K. Mitchell. Francis
McDermott, James McDonald, (Nor-rlstown).
E. J. Rafferty. William S.
Campbell, Olden Bishop, Cleorge
Boone (Norrlstown), George M. s.
Light. Manns M Sweeney. John D.
Hampton. James Bolton (Norrls-town)
E. K. Williams, Patrick Mor-tality,
John E. O'Donnell. William
Shannon (Norrlstown).
Joseph Kelly, chairman of the Pol-succeed
themselves. Mr. Fairbairn
was elected by council to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of ills
uncle, Richard H. Bate, and on
Tuesday will be elected for the un-explred
term. Mr. Noblit will be
elected for another full term of four
years.
A lively contest is being waged in
tlie Fourth ward for the two seats
In town council. Frank Kelly and
| John O'Donnell. members of the
present body are the Democratic
candidates and are opposed by
.Spencer I,. Jones, of.the H, C. Jones
I Company and Lloyd Sagebeer, Re-publican
candidates.
At the primaries. Mr. Kelly sought
to secure nomination on both tickets
hut was defeated on the Bepublicon
ticket.
Another contest In this ward Is
for assessor. At tlie primary elec-tion
tlie Democrats did not file for
places on the ballot for ward offices
and tlie friends of Thomas Hickey,
who has long been a worker in the
Democratic party, wrote his name on
the ballot and It was believed he
would easily receive the nomination.
When tlie vote was counted. Hickey
and bis friends were greatly sur-prised
to find that the Demorcalic
nomination had been won by Joseph
Schraok, the Republican nominee for
assessor. Hickey claimed that he
was not treated fairly by the Demo-cratic
leaders and is waging an In-dependent
contest for tho office.
K. K. Williams and Charles Cauvel
are the Republican candidates for
council in tlie Fifth ward nnd are
unopposed.
Cornell Not a Candidate
Tlie politicians are anticipating a
big Democratic vote in the county
next Tuesday, as there is a lively
light for the county commissioner -
With the Beading and Pennsylvania
railroads. H is the purpose of the
new owners to sell this tract for
factory sites.
A second portion of tlie land Is lo-ci
ted between First and Sixth ave-nues
and west from Wood street.
This tract contains about 300 build-ing
lots and it Is the purpose of the
company to sell these lots at auc-tion.
It is in this tract that a num-ber
of lots were sold by Hanson and
title lo which was not given.
Tlie third tract is located between
Sixth and Twellath avenues and ex-tends
west from Wood street to Col-weirs
lane, a small slrip being in
Plymouth township. This tract the
company Intend! to develop. It has
been platted Into ten blocks, each
block containing about 60 building
lots, and gives ample room for the
erection of about 400 dwellings.
The corporation will lay out the
tract Into building lots and next
Spring will begin lhe erection of
houses. The houses will be modern
and build to sell at moderate prices,
providing every convenience, sub-stantially
built and With the best of
surroundings. It is planned to make
the tract a modern residential sec-tion
along lines that will be new lo
this community.
Streets will be opened nnd built
and trees and shrubbery planted.
Building will he continued so long
as there is a demand for houses.
ships. At the primaries the Demo-
Ice, committee, requests that the lire crat8 centered tneir flgllt on tha
police report at the borough hall at board of commiB8loner8, tnere belng
seven 0 clock tomorrow evening to Beven can„|date8 for the two nomI.
assist in handling the great crowd natlon8. John , McConnlck and
expected. (Continued on Pago Two)
GIRL SCOUTS ENJOY
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
The annual Hallowe'en party of
the Community Center Girl Scouts
was given in the Bark House last
evening among very attractive sur-roundings.
Tlie decorations were
artistically arranged: streamers of
black and yellow, bowing and nod-ding
In their Hallowe'en piquancy
as tlie merry revellers danced In
tin ir grotesque or fancy representa-tive
costumes. Pierrots nnd Spanish
gipsies and dancers mingled with
will lies and hob goblins in the spirit
of the Hallowe'en fun and frolic.
Fortune telling was one of the In-teresting
nuinbeis of a delightfully
entertaining program and the even-ing
was n very merry one for the
scout girls, Refreshments were
served in Hallowe'en style. The af-fair
was very much enjoyed,
Miss Eleanor Righter is In charge
of the Community Center Scout
(iirls. and through her Interest and
management, the girls are doing
good work together with enjoying
pleasant evening meetings at the
Bark Bouse.
Miss Clara Righter was assistant
hostess at the Hallowe'en party.
The bride's gown was of white,
klttnes' ear satin and was fashion-ed
on lines of charming simplicity.
orange blossoms former an effective
trimming. She wore a bridal veil of
tulle held with a coronet of orange
blossoms. Her slippers were of while
kid and she wore white silk stock-ings.
She carried a bouquet of lil-
Itea of the valley and bride's roses.
The bridesmaid's dress was of
Nile green. Hat crepe, with all over-dress
of cream silk lace, she wore
h poke shaped hat of black panne
v.lvet, with long streamers of black
velvet over the shoulders. Her slip-pers
were of black satin and she
wore stockings to match. She car-ried
an arm bouquet of Ophelia
ruses and maiden hair fern.
After the ceremony a reception
and wedding breakfast was held at
the home of the bride's parents. The
decorations were in green and white
nnd with a profusion of chrysan-themums
and a'utumn leaves.
The couple Will reside at 201
Spring Mill avenue.
The bridal party entered the
church to the strains of the wedding
march from Lohengrin, Miss Rose
presiding at the organ. Miss Eev-lyn
Mallen a nil I'aul Carroll sang
several hymns during the services.
Spring Mill avenue upon their return
from their honeymoon which ts be-ing
spent in the South.
The bride is a popular member of
Si. Matthew's parish and has a wide
circle of friends. The groom Is os-j
BOClated With his father, J. J. Flner-iiii.
in the plumbing and heating
business.
Wood—Ward
The wedding of Mary II., daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Ward. 108
West Sixth avenue, and Aaron Wood
of Sweileland. will be solemnized til
4 o'clock this afternoon, In St. Mat-thew's
church, the rector. Rev. Phil-ip
Gallagher, D. D., LL. D.. will per-form
the ceremony.
The bride will be attended by Miss
Vera Wood, a sister of the groom,
and Mr. Maurice Brady, of West
Conshohocken, will be best man.
The bride's wedding gown will be
of brown duventyne with a hat to
match and she will carry a bouquet
of brides' roses and lillios of the
valley. Her bridesmaid win wear «
dress of blue Bolivia Ctottl and a hat
to maiib, and will carry a bouquet
of pink roses.
A reception will be held at the
home of tlie bride's parents imme-diately
after the ceremony and tho
newly wedded couple will leave early
I his evening for Atlantic City Where
they will spent their honeymoon.
They will reside in Norrlstown.
A Strangei silting in an automobile
at Eighth avenue and Fayette street,
shortly after BIX o'clock Tuesday
evening, called young John Baser,
Baal Ninth avenue, who was "passim
along Fayelle street and asked
if lie would do him a lavoi.
He said that be was waiting
for his sister ami usked the boy to
l.ilie a check, which he banded him,
to McCoy's drug store, at Fourth,
ave and have it cashed. The
man told the boy. he was I II . I'.IR-gari.
and would wait for his return.
The boy look the check to the drug
Store, Mi McCoy was out of ihe
st for a short time and his niece,
Miss Elizabeth Mulholland, was in
oharge, There wen u number of
customers in the store and it was
sometime before the boy was waited
upon. He gave Miss .Mulholland a
note written on a card and in a tine,
legible hand. Which read: "If con-venient,
will you kindly cash this
clack ami semi the money by bearer
and oblige Dr. II, I.. I'aggart."
The check was drawn on lhe
Montgomery National bank, Morris-town
and was numbered, S24 lii red
Ink. it was made puyable to Dr. n.
1. I'aggart, for ten dollars and
signed by "McDermott Bros." It
Was endorsed ''Dr. II. I. 1'atgart."
The endorsement was In a line hand
resembling (lie writing on the note
and resembles a feminine hand.
Miss Mulholland did not suspect
anything was wrong and cashed the
cluck. The bey received the money
and went lo Eighth avenue and
Fayette street and found that tlie
man had left. He made Inquiries of
passersby, several of whom had
seen the machine bin had not noticed
when it had b i n ■■• ed,
The boy, alter ., futile search for
the supposed doctor, went home and
told his" experience to his Toother
and gave her the *1". Mrs. ltuser
suspected that something was
wrong and called Mr. McCoy on the
telephone. It was soon found that
Dr. I'aggart knew nothing of the
mailer and thai ii stranger had at-tempted
to secure money on a forged
check. The money was returned to
Mr. McCoy.
The check bore evidence of having
been taken fioin a book issued by
the Montgomery bank to one of its
patrons as the stub, with the pu-tron'a
name had been torn, making
the check short but containing the
Printed number. The leal had been
neath done, but left the edge as a
poor Imitation of tearing from a
perforated line.
Tlie hoy was aide to give only a
meagre description of the stranger,
The face Of the check was written
iii a hold hand but the endorsement
bore evidence of a woman's hand
writing.
CONDITION OF
REV. J. K. MOORHOUSE
The condition of Rev. J. Kennedy
Moorhouse. rector of Calvary B. EL
church, and who has been ill at the
rectory for the past few days, was
reported this morning to be slightly
improved. While lie is still serious-ly
ill he rested more comfortably
last night and his general condition
Is somewhat improved today.
VIOLATED PARKING ORDINANCE
William Davis, 632 Green street
Norrlstown, was given a hearing be-fore
Burgess DeHaven in the bor-ough
hall lust evening charged by
Officer Harrington with huving vio-lated
the parking ordinance at the
corner of Hector and Cherry streets.
The officer lodged a complaint
a;;.iinsi Davis, who Is a driver for
Roy Rlttenhouse, with having used
abusive language. Davis was fined
10.00 and discharged.
SUDDEN DEATH OF
JOHN FRITZBURG
John Prltsburg, a well-known resi-dent
of tlie borough, died at his
home, 103 West Tenth avenue, yes-terday
morning following an illness
of only a few days. lie suffered
from II complication of diseases.
Deceased was the son of Mrs.
Margaret Mclntyre and was born In
tills borough thirty-six years ugo
and lias resided here all his life.
For the pasi several months he
has been iii ill health suffering from
a complication of ailments, although
able lo attend to his work as a
plumber. On Sunday lie was com-pelled
to take to his bed but his
condition was not considered alarm-ing
Until a shorl time before his
death when he became critically ill
and he sank rapidly until bis death.
Deceased was a member of Con-shohocken
Lodge. Knights of Pyth-ias
and of the Loyal Order of Mooso
of Vinelaiid. N. J.
He is survived by his neither,
Mrs. Margaret Mclntyre, and one
brother Samuel Erltsbnrg, with
whom he resided on West Tenth
avenue.
The funeral will take place from
tlie residence of his mother. Mrs.
Margaret Mclntyre. 103 West Tenth
avi nue. on Monday afternoon. Ser-vices
will be conducted at tho house
at 2 o'clock and will be in charge
of Rev. J. F. Slieppard, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, interment will
be made in Riverside cemetery.
VETERAN RAILROADER
RETIRED
1
William II. Famous, 251 East Elm
street, a veteran employee of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company, was retired from active
service and placed on tlie pension
list on October 31st.
Mr. Famous, who is now seventy
years of age, entered the employ of
the company as an extra hand In
1R76. On December L'0. 1S7R. he was
made foreman of the Freight house
and has held the position ever since.
As an expression of his warm
friendship, station agent Charles A.
Bchlachter has written Mr. Famous
a beautiful letter commending him
on his excellent record and the jrood
feeling existing between him and liial
fellow employees, ^^,