The Conshohocken Recorder, November 23, 1923

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Established 1869, No. 5691. PUBLISHED EVERT
TUESDAT AND FRIDAY
C0NSH0HOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1923. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
11.50 A TEAR
PRICE TWO CENTS
ADULTERANTS FREELY
Inaction of Officials After
Publicity Given Tests Show-ing
Low Grade Milk Em-boldens
Dealers
FORMALDEHYDE USED
Milk iir:ii.'is an- taking every ad-vantage
nf Hi'- Indifference of the
board of health ai i" the quality of
milk being sold here, and the high
■tandard of milk that was brought
about by the publicity given tests of
various sample! by this newspaper,
i.s now a thing "i" iii-' past and sev-eral
of the dealers have again re-
■ i to tin- us.' of adulterants.
In all 111.' I.-sis mad.' fot Hi.- RE-CORDER
Hi.' sample obtained
inn' dealer has always shown i" be
below ill.- legal standard. This
dealer is evidently not afraid .if !"■
Ing prosecuted as in the last tesl
mad... ill.- sample analysed was de-ficient
in butter fat. The tests al-so
show that adulterants are being
used more freely than tor some time
and thr mill, being supplied locally,
by some dealers, is far below ik"
legal standard.
A i.si of Hi.- samples obtained
from tin' one dealer, who hoi been
continuously evading the law ran
1.009 in.i 1.01%, while the law
siai.s thai 'in' minimum amount of
fat should !"■ 8.26%. While this
dealer sells milk at 8.009 (at, an-other
s.'lls a «...id grade "f milk at
1.409 butter fat
Dm' sample "f milk was found to
contain formaldehyde. PVirmalde-iiv.
i.' is a preservative used to pre-v.'
iu milk from going sour quickly.
Its use is Illegal, sun.- formaldehyde
in good am.mills is a poison. Chil-dren
ami Invalids are known-to be
affected l»j milk containing formal-deli)
de.
The RECORDER is merely having
this test i.Kid.- at very irregular
times in order i" Inform the people.
li is u-..' duty .if the Board of Hi
in enforce the law. They are given
an appropriation each year which
COUld anil Should be used fur li"'
better of milk, water and gal b ige
conditions. Upon these three things
the health of any community de-pends.
CONSHOHOCKEN FIRE CO. NO. 2
TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS
LEARY EST. TO ALTER
FACTORY BUILDING
Keystone Surgical Company Site to
Be Turned Into Stores and
Apartments
The building nt the corner of Fay-ctte
ami Marble streets is to he re-modeled.
Tii.. building was owned
by the hit"- P, J. I.e.ii v and tin' es-tate
of -Mr. Leery is about to ask
bids f..r tlie alteration of the bulld-
Inct into stores and apartments.
The building was erected many
rears ago, POT many years part ot
the place was used as a Hour and
feed store by the late John Pugh.
After Mr. Pugb retired from busi-ness
it was us..I by the Key-si.,
n.' Surgical Company and altered
in suit their manufacturing purpos-es.
When that firm failed P. .1.
Leary purohased tin- building from
the O'Brien Estate, the original
owners.
The building is of brick eonstmio-ti.
in. two st.nies iii height with
basement.
The property has not been oeou-lii.'.
l for the past f.'W years.
BALL TEAM HONORED
E
INDUSTRIES ARE ACTIVE I
IN RED CROSS DRIVE!
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Solicitors Are Striving to Reach
Record of Last Year
More Than 100 Guests Enjoy
Hospiality of Frank Sut- !
cliffe, of Wood Mfg. Co-at
Three Tuns Inn
GIFTS FOR PLAYERS
-interest in Conshohocken Bire
Company No. - is Increasing among
the members and as a result there
promises to i"' a large and enthu-siastic
gathering at tin- next regular
meeting of the organisation to he
held on Monday evening, December
.10. At that lime the annual elec-tion
..I officers will he held. Nomi-nations
wen- made ai the last meet-ing
anil there are a number of con-tests.
Those nominated for the
various offices are as follows: Presi-dent—
Francis i.. Frees; vice presi-dent—
Harry Atkinson; financial sec-retary—
J. Uussei Hamilton; record-i
, secretary -William sweimler:
treasurer—Prank Hlltner; trustees 5
years)—Theodore speaker. Bdtoard
Atkinson; chief engineer—Richard
li. Pearson; assistant chief—Frank
Tin.mas; engineers (seven to be
elected) — John riark. ttlsworth
I-'reas. II ge Wiminoi'. Ro« Thom-as.
Hervey Bhay, Stanley Pearson,
John Woodward. Tlie...lore Speaker.
Samuel Cassey, Edward Connard,
Harry Atkinson. Qeorge Mining, li-vin
Kistine. Qeorge .loins: delegates
to State Firemen's Convention—J.
Russel Hamilton, John Woodward,
Charles Bmlth; Alternates—Harry
Atkinson; delegates to Montgomery
County Firemen's Association (three
to bo eh. lid I - Frank Thomas.
Francis L, Frees, William Longacre,
Llndley Rlghter, Ellsworth Freaa
SOCIAL UNION ANNIVERSARY
The following program will be
rendered at tin- ::ith annivorsary of
the Women's Social I'llioll of the
Baptist chun h, which win he held
in Hi.- Lecture Room on Tuesday
evening next, and to which all the
m.-1111..is ami friends of the Union
arc invited. Under the direction of
.Mr. .lolls, II cheslia of 111,. High
School will be present to assist In
tin- program.
Selection... .High School Orchestra
Tenor Sol... . . Mr. EdW. (I. T. Davis
Piano Selection,Mist Marion Neville
Soprano Solo Mrs Qllohrlst
Selection ... . High School orchestra
Bass Solo .....Mr. Robert A. Davies
R< tding Miss Clara Rlghter
l'iano Solo Miss Alice Williams
Soprano Solo,
Miss Lillian 1 [Ichardsi.n
Duet, Mr, .>.• Mis. Robert A. Davles
POStlude . ...High Sch.ilo Orchestra
JOHN BRADY DEAD
John. hUSDand Of Hannah T'.rady.
a widely known resident of Upper
Merlon township, died at his home
at Qulph Mills, on Tuesday follow-ing
a prolonged illness. He was
nl.out sixty years of age, Hesl.les
his wife he is survived by live grown
up children, The funeral will take
place from his lute home tomorrow
morning. Solemn High Mass of
Requiem Will be celebrated In St.
Gertrude's church at 10 o'clock. In-terment
will he made In St. Augus-tine's
cemetery, Bridgeport.
Umbrellas repaired and covered at
KKIUiK'S, 117 lie. tor street.
Advertisement
T
Frederick Stoll, of Arcadia
Orchestra, Found Guilty of
Involuntary Manslaughter.
—Ran Down Girl Who Died
of Injuries.
Frederick C. stoll was placed on
trial before Judge Miller, Court
Room x... i. on the charge of in-voluntary
manslaughter as a result
of an accident Which occurred June
:l. I92S, on the Old York Road near
the Huntingdon Valley country ciub
when he ran down with his automo-bile
Carrie Liberty, a fourteen year
...I gllrl fracturing her spine. She
.lie.I of her Injuries at the Abington
Hospital last February.
The jury returned n verdict of
guilty of involuntary niansluaghter.
Judge Miller will impose sentence to-morrow.
Carrie had been a caddie at the
country club and on the ufternoon
she was injured she was leaving the
golf links and waR seen by Oeorge
I'elter. who for 13 yenrs had been
the houseman and for the last 6
years the chauffeur of Ford station
Wagon which lie was driving at the
time. Carrie signaled to him. as the
driver thought, with the intention of
asking him to stop and take her to
Hie station. He slowed up with the
Intention of taking her on and Just
as lie stopped a large automoMle
Hew by him oil his right hand side
and then stopped suddenly, II.
looked down and saw the little girl
under the car, which was a Caddilac,
Policemen who arrived on the
scene a few minutes later testified to
the odor of liquor on Htoll's breath.
Stoll who lives in Philadelphia
testified that he bad been a musician
in the Arcadia Orchestru and on
June 3, 1988, he engaged to play in
Conway'S Hand at Willow Orove.
He was on his way there at the
time the accident occurred carrying
With him a friend William Hutchin-son.
As he approached the truck
which had been running slowly he
intended to pass it on Its left when
it suddenly stopped in the centre of
the road. .lust as he was about to
POOS he saw another car approach-ing
him. and in order to nvold nn
headlong collision he swerved to the
right and passed the truck on the
right hand side. J.lust as he did so
the little girl ran out In front or htm
and was knocked down. He stopped
almost immediately. His friend
Hutchinson got out and took the
girl Into the car.
stoll stated that he had had two
high balls before luncheon, admitting
on cross examination that they were
"man sized drinks" one ounce of
.whiskey and a glass of ginger nle
but that this was all he bad that
.lay. The accident occurred at four-lhirty
In the afternoon. He desig-nated
as abUSrb the contention of
the policeman that they could de-tect
the odor of liuoqrs on his breath
of drinks taken nearly live hours
before.
Clement Found Guilty
Arthur Clemens, of Royersford,
was found guilty of a serious charge
preferred by a girl before Judge
Solly in Court It n Xo. 3. Sen-ten.
■ will be imposed tomorrow.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lewis All.n Bhlnn and Florence
(i Bison, both of Salem, N. J.
Andrew I'Vrko. I'hocnixville, and
May Vance, Mont Clare.
Walter u. Groff, 6"« Bpruce St.,
and Mary J. E'rb. 710 Hanover St.,
I.oth of I'ottstown.
Burton Nippes, North Wales and
Doris Btonsburg. Bldon, Del. Co.
Byron P. Clayton ami Dims E.
Wa. bcter. both of l.a ns.laic.
.lames li win Moore and Kdith
Lees, both of Philadelphia.
William Dorl Harper. 105 K. Main
street, and Kathiyn McCoy. 1536
11. Kali, street, both of Norrlstown.
John M. Powers, Philadelphia, and
Martha .1. Andrews. Port Kennedy.
Hllbert G. Ritch and May Rather
Bean, both of Media.
FRIED OYSTERS
Friday and Saturday
QUALITY BAKERY
Fifth Ave. & Wells St.
Orders Taken
Bell Phoe 270-M. Advertisement
Officers, managers and players of
the Cousin.hockon Industrial P.nsc
Ball League, officials of firms repre-sented
in the league and represen-tative
citizens of Conshohocken to
the number of about one hundred
and twenty-live persons enjoyed the
hospitality of Frank Suteliffe. presi-dent
of the John Wood Manufactur-ing
Company nt n reception and din-ner
at Three Tuns Inn, Ambler, last
evening.
The affair was given Tn honor of
the base ball team of the JohnWood
Manufacturing Company, winners of
the championship of the Consho-hocken
Industrial League for the
season of ISM.
Kvery detail of the affair was per-fectly
arranged by an efficient com-mittee
and the program was carried
to completion without the semblance
of a hitch. The entire party left In
automobiles from the river bridge
directly in front of the Wood plant.
For the purpose of giving additional
light at the starting point, two
searchlights had been erected on the
roof of the plant.
Shortly after seven o'clock the
start was made. Thirty-eight auto-mobiles,
decorated with orange and
black, the recognized colors or <*on-shohocken.
streamed out the pike:
the continual blowing of an auto-mobile
siren served as a warning of
the approach of the procession and
name on all cross roan's Between
Conshohocken and Ambler was held
up while the line or automoMles
passed. It was just 7.4!i o'clock
when the famous Three Tuns was
reached without incident.
The crowd was representative of
pre-Volstead times nt the old inn
and the basement cloak room was
apparently opened for the first time
since prohibition went into effect.
revealing a stairway that was al-most
impassable for cobwebs and
vividly depicting the true meaning
of the eighteenth Amendment, An
upstairs room was pressed into ser-vice,
to care for the overflow.
It was S.I5 o'clock before the party
entered the spacious dining room
which was arranged to the minute
for the host and his guests, and
where was served the following
menu:
When the cigars were lighted Mr.
Suteliffe assumed the role of toast-master
and made a few Introductory
remarks expressing his appreciation
and satisfaction of the event and
the loyal attendance, congratulating
the members of his victorious ball
team and urging for better support
of the sport next year than was ac-corded
the past season. He th-n
called on a number of those present
for a few remarks, limiting each one
to not more than live minutes.
Victor Mauek. chairman of the
board of directors of the John Wood
Manufacturing Company, was the
first to respond. His remarks were
brief. He said that at the dinner
last year there was a question as to
who won the pennant, but there was
no question nbout It this year and
congratulated the champions on
tin lr achievement.
R. R. Titus, of the Diamond State
Fibre Company, was called upon
and he congratulated the winners In
the race and also the other teams
who composed the league.
Howard Wood. Jr., of the Alan
Wood Iron & Steel Company, ex-tended
the congratulations of
company to the winning tenm
complimented Mr. Suteliffe for
generosity and hospitality.
W. I. Heywood puid a personal
tribute to Mr. Suteliffe for the suc-cessful
manner in which he has put
into practice his own ideas and
which has made the John Wood
Manufacturing Company what It Is
in the Industrial world and what it
is in Conshohocken. He also spoke
of what the Alan Wood Iron * Steel
Company has done for the town and
cited as an Instance the athletic
Held, which was given so freely and
without any instructions as to how
it should be used except to place it
in care of n capable organization.
W. W. Whiting, of the Lee Tiro
and Rubber Company, extended the
congratulations of his company to
the winners of the flag and satd the
Lee team has thelh hat In the ring
for 1924 und expressed the hope that
the assemblage will be the guests of
Mr. Kearns next year.
I'resident McKlhattan of the In-dustrial
League expressed his pleas-ure
at being present and congratu-lated
the Wood team on their very
commendable showing. He hoped
for better support next season and
then presented the cup. donated by
the Reach Company and suitably
engraved, to William Kennedy, man-ager
of champions. In accepting the
trophy Mnnager Kennedy said he
believed the best team won. hut
commended the Diamond State team
for the showing they made In the
rnce against his team.
Victor Mauek, chairman of the
board of directors of the John Wood
Company presented the members of
the team, as an expression of their
appreciation, with miniature gold
huse balls as watch charms.
(Continued on Page Six)
As the second week of the Red
Cross drive comes to a close, the
canvassers are speeding up and
every family will have been visited
before the end of the drive on
Thanksgiving Day. The canvassers
report a ready response on the part
of the citizens as a whole to make
their contributions. They are realiz-ing
the great efficient work that the
Red i'ross has done In Conshohock-en
amongst the Seedy in time of
sickness and distress. The greater
the amount of money raised In Con-shohocken.
the more will be avail-able
for the local Red Cross repre-sentative
to work with, since fifty
cents of every dollar is for Tied
Cross work in Conshohocken. The
Other fifty cents is for national and
international Red Cross work.
The Conshohocken industries are
also doing their bit on this year's
drive and have committees appointed
to bring the roll call to the atten-tion
of their employees. One or the
first Industries to make a return
was the Hale Fire Pump Company.
Miss Klizaheth Moore, in charge of
the work at the Ruth Glass Com-pany,
has been very successful In
h.r efforts at the Ruth plant. Other
industries which are cooperating
with the Red Cross committee are
John Wood Manufacturing Com-pany.
Quaker Oil Products Com-pany.
Freas Glass works, Lee Tire
& Rubber Company, Alan Wood
Company, MertOf Worsted Mill.
Cooper Creek Chemical Company.
Diamond State Fibre Company and
II. ('. .lon.s Company, The Ford
and Kendig Foundry works are
under the Philadelphia District.
The Lee Dramatic Society is
holding three rehearsals weekly for
the Musical Comedy entitled "The
Debut of Annabelle'.. and will be
assisted by ten young ladies and ten
young men from the high school in
the chorus. The comedy will be
presented on the evenings of De-cember
4th and "ilb in tlie Opera
House. ,
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Russell Irwin, Infuriated By
Taunts, Throws Shears at
Tormentors Seriously In-juring
Workman
2 WOUNDS IN ABDOMEN
his
and
his
2
Camden Man's Neglect To
Remove Stolen Articles
Causes Detection.—Given
Six Months and Fined
$100-
Driven int.. a frenzy by the taunts
and teasing ef fellow workmen in
the cutting room at the plant of the
Lee Tire A Rubber Company, Wed-nesday
afternoon. Russell Irwin, 17
years old. and who resides With Ids
mother and step father. -Mr. and
Mrs. Leron Bennett. 16 East Fourth
avenue, threw a pair "f large shears,
used in the work room for cutting
fabric, at his tormentors, the shears
striking Charles Doiin.'ita. i'.' years,
.I r,_• 7 Arch street. Xorristown, in-flicting
two great gashes in Donnet-
1 a s abdomen. The injured man was
given first aid in the plant hospital
and was later removed to the Chest-nut
inn hospital. This morning. In-formation
was obtained from the
hospital that Donnetta'S condition Is
satisfactory to the physicians, nnd
while his Injuries are serious, his
recover] Is anticipated.
Irwin is afflicted with an impedi-ment
in his speech causing stutter-ing.
For sometime, bis fellow work-men
have teased and mocked hrm.
Irwin took the teasing good natured-ly
until it became to be a regular
means of diversion for Iifs fellow
workers and as he was at work,
Wednesday afternoon, nnd enduring
the taunts and jokes of Ms fellow
workmen, some one threw a pit ..f
rubber which struck Irwin on the.
neck. Infuriated. Irv.in seized a pair
of large cutting shears and threw
them at his tormentors, The shears
struck Donnetta in the ah.loin.MI.
the points of both blades of the
shears strfking him, Inflicting largo
and deep gashes. The happening
stunned the witnesses as trie injured
man fell to the floor. The mjnrtui
was given Immediate attention
by the plant nurse and taken to the
hospital.
Lieut. Barni, of the Norrlstown
police, yesterday morning, arrested
Irwin and he was taken to the coun-ty
seat and given a hearing before
Magistrate Lenbai t and was held
under $1000 hail. The hearing was
continued until the injured man is
able to leave the hospital.
THANKSGIVING RECITAL
Arrested, both coming and going
so to speak. Martin Mann entered a
plea of guilty yesterday to two
charges of larct y. alleged to have
been committed when he left a rail-road
camp in I.ansdale to go to his
home in Camden, and transporting
liquor, this offense being committed
on Ids way back, to the camp from
Mann was dealt out a double ssn-his
home. :
tence also, one for each offense.
He got four months on the larceny
charge and on the charge of trans-porting
liquor $100 tine and two
months in jail.
According to the testimony Mann
hod been working at a railroad
camp at Lansdale and on June 16th
last he left temporarily to go to bis
home in Camden. For sometime
blankets and other articles had
been missing from the camp. Be-fore
l-eaing Maim had placed a suit-case
in custody of the commissary.
After he had gone the authorities of
the camp opened the suitcase and
found blankets, sheets and pillow
cases belonging to the company. A
warrant was issued for his arrest
A few days later Mann returned
to the camp bringing with him an-other
suitcase. Upon his arrival he
was placed under arrest on the war-rant
charging larceny and the offic-er
taking him Into custody, opened
the second suitcase, and found there
in 3 bottles of whiskey and one of
wine. This find lead to Mann's ar-rest
on the second charge that of
transporting intoxicating liquor.
It was claimed by the defendant
that he took the blanket, sheets and
pillow cases and put them in a suit- ,
case and gave them to the commis-sary
in order that he might have,
clean lied clothing when lie return-ed
to camp.
As to the suitcase containing the
liquor he said he had purchased it
in Camden for his own use.
Assisted by Miss Frances Hoover,
of Norrlstown, the choir of the First
Baptist church, under the direction
Of Mr. BdW. «'.. T. Davis, with Miss
Louise Paxson presiding at the or-gan,
will, on Sunday evening next,
at 7.30, give the following program
Of special music to mark the advent
of the Thanksgiving season:
Organ. "Will o' the Wisp'' Xevin
Anthem. "OraClOUS is the
Lord" Ashfor.l
Soprano Solo, "Hear my
Prayer" Mendelssohn
MISS rVanc.s Hoover
Organ, "Postlude In i:-flat" West
Anthem, "The Qod Of Abraham
I 'raise" Buck
Soprano Solo, "Angels Elver Bright
nnd Fair" Handel
Miss Frances Hoover
Organ, "Prayer from 'Der
Freisehutz'" Von Weber
Anthem, "Oh be Joyful in the
Lord" 1'ri. e
K. OF C. MEETING
The regUlai meeting of Consho-hocken
Council Knights of Columbus
was held last evening in their hull.
Dr. Malcolm J. Harkins, (!. K., pre-siding'.
After the transaction of
routine business, the post of lecturer
was assigned to Clifford I!. .
who provided an excellent enter-tainment.
Lawrence Connelly pre-sided
at the piano, and a number of
visiting Knights were present from
I'hiladelphia. who entertained with
story telling, singing and dancing.
It was strictly a high class enter-tainment,
following which luncheon
was served by the committee in
charge, under the direction of John
S. Heir.
LEE TIRE MAKERS
BANQUET ON VENISON
Grange Meeting
The regular meeting of the Cold
T'oint Grange was held on Tuesday
evening. Election of officers took
place, which resulted .as follows:
Worthy Master, John R. Stout:
overseer, Charles Sheppard; stew-ard,
Charles Shuraan; chaplain.
Hurry ilolsington; lecturer, Marshall
E. Hot si ..id: secretary. Helen M.
llamel; treasurer. Orlando Rex;
ceres. Mrs. John I). Stout; pomona,
Mrs. Charles Shumnn: flora, Mrs.
Linda Schurch; trustee. Theodore
Gey.
Pomona Grange, No. 8. of Mont-gomery
county, will be the guests of
Cold Point Grange. December 6th.
DECEMBER 10, 1923
The Service B. & L. Ass'n. will
issue Its first series of stock. Get
the saving habit. Take shares now.
Office 114 Fayette Street. Over
Woolworth's. U-S0-M
Advertisement
Two fine buck deer, which fell
to the fine of E. Grey Weber, In a
recent hunting trip In the Maine
woods, Supplied the roasts for a
banquet at the Lee cafeteria. Tues-day
evening, when the welfare com-mittee
of the plant gave a dinner to
the superintendents, foremen and
office workers of the plant. About
75 men were guests of the commit-tee
and after the dinner, the evening
was spent with cards and other
games.
1 '
DR. DAVID R. BEAVER
Many persons paid tribute to the
memory of the physician, whose de-votion
to his profession and bis
gnat service to suffering humanity,
so well beloved by his fellow towns-men,
on Tuesday, when funeral ser-vices
for him was held at his home.
I0S Fayette street.
LOCAL ARTISTS TO
GIVE FIRSTEXHIBIT
Art League of Community
Center to Hold Three-Day
Exhibit in Park House Next
Week.— Rules Governing
Exhibit.
The first exhibition of the Con-shohocken
Art League Will be held
iii the Park House on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of next week
The exhibit will be composed of
original works of art -by the var
ions members.
The exhibit will be opened on
Thursday, November 29th, at 2.00 p.
in. for the members, exhibitors and
their friends. At 3.30 o'clock the
exhibit will be opened for public in-spection.
All works must he received at the
Hark lloii.se not later than Tuesday
evening. November -'7th. The pic-tures
must be either framed or Well
matted: those having frames must
have screw eyes and wire.
The Art League will lake all pos-sible
can- of works but will not be
held reBpOSlble for any damage or
loss no matter how such may have
occurred.
Kxhihitois are limited t.. not more
than three pieces and no w.nl; may
be real ranged, changed or removed
during the exhibition.
Only original work will be exhib-ited
and the Judgment of the llang-in
Committee in this will he llniil.
All work must be accompanied b)
a description attached, and in 0086
of pictures pasted to "the buck;
title, name of artist and address.
RUSSSII C. Brb is president of the
I..ague and S. liordon Smyth is
chaii man of the committee on ex-hibition.
BACKED TEAM OVER
HIGH EMBANKMENT
Wagon Badly Demolished and Horse
Injured at Dump at Fourth Ave-nue
and Maple Street
A team belonging to contractor
John McCarter and In .barge of a
colored driver was backed over the
dump at Fourth avenue and Maple
street yesterday morning.
The driver was hauling waste
material to the dump in s four
Wheel wagon to which was hit. he.I
a valuable horse. In backing up tn
the dump preparatory to unloading
the wagon was hacked too close to
th" edge with the result that it
went over the twenty-foot embank-ment
pulling the horse with it.
ThS wagon was badly demolished
and the horse was cut about the
legs. Great difficulty was experi-enced
in getting the team out of the
hole.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
THE IDEAL WAY
to make your extra earnings work
for you is to take out shales in the
Service B. &. L. Association. First
series start December lO. 192S. Sub-scribe
now at ill Fayette Btreet,
Conshohocken, Pa. U-80-St
Advertisement
OUR Gas and
Electric Bills Are Due.
Have Yon Paid? Note the
Star—Save tlie Discount
Carl Stemple, of West sixth ave-nue,
who was a patient in Montgom-ery
hospital. Xorristown. receiving
treatment for injuries received
al t the body by being crushed be-tween
two cars while in the dis-charge
of his duties as a biaUonian
at Hie Ivy Rock plant of the Alan
Wood Iron & steel Company sever-al
days ago, has been discharged
from the institution and returnedI
to his home. Ili.s condition is much |
improved but it will be several days
before he will be able to resume his
duties.
1TJPAGE
Eagle Hotel Proprietor Freed
of Charge of Selling Liquor.
—Bartender on Trial.—
Liquor Was "Medicine"
OTHER COURT CASES
GIRL SCOUTS
The Girl Scouts of Community
Center, Miss Bleonor Rlghter, scout-master,
held their regular meeting
last evening in the Park House. The
transaction of business was followed
by an enthusiastic game of basket
ball. In the Park Annex.
The meeting next week will be
held on Friday evening Instead of
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
The mere possession of an alco-holic
llquoi of Ingh power, in large
quantities, and labeled ns a patent
medicine, is not u violation of .u v
Prohibition law, providing ii cannot
IOW n that i he holdei of t he
I '■ has used the paten) medicine
for bev< i i ge put poses.
This in:, n -r Ins proposll inn was
established before Judge Solly in
('..nit Room No. 3 at the trial •■! Al-exander
Famutarochy, the proprlet*
or of the Eagle Hotel. Limekiln
Hike. Edge Hill, and llai iv May. his
bartender. The proprietor \u»
charged with possessing liquor, and
the bartendei with possessing, sell-ing
and furnishing.
It was developed from tlie l.sti-moiiy
that Mas Stark, a trucke.- of
Olenside, had I n well advised in
llle premises, slopped at III.' hotel
and was in (he bar tor awhile and
when he came out he drove his truck
in such an erratic manner that bo
was picked up by the poli. . .
When Max became soi.e; enough
to talk Intelligently, testifying to the
same effeet al the present hearing,
that while in the bar room he hud,
pursuant to instructions, asked for
a drink of "steam" and May had
poured ..in a concoction under the
bar which he drank using a glass of
l.eei as a ''chaser." II.- had several
n "steams" with accompanying
beers and then apparently didn't
known much of anything for awhile.
After the police heard Max's story
they raided the Eagle Hotel und
found twenty bottles containing
"Hraiic" in an unfurnished room
on the second floor, and in back of
III. bar ..lie unopened bottle of
"Bronco" was found.
An attempt was made by the
Commonwealth '<. place the 'Bran-en"
in evidence. The proposition
was strenuously fought by Attorney
Samuel II. High representing the
defendants. Mr. High argued that
mere possession of a patent medi-cine
with a high alcoholic content
Was unl ill itself a violation of the
law lie pointed out that the Dill
Medicine Company of Norrlstown
made many preparations containing
a higher percentage of alcohol than
the strongest beverage liquors ever
manufactured. In order to convict
in a vase of this kind the Common-wealth
must allow by the testimony
that the pal.mt medicine was used
f..r beverage purposes. This the
prosecution had failed to do. Mr.
High mined thai the defendants be
discharged foi lack of evidence to
convict them, ,
Judge Solly agreed with Mr. High
so far as his contention applied to
the proprietor ami directed tin- dis-trict
attorney to nolle pros, the bill.
The case of the bartender, however,
was different Judge Solly held and
..nil id the trial on his Indictment
to proceed.
Mas: Stark and a liumbei of other
witnesses testified to buying
"steam" from the bartender but
they were BO uncertain, on cross ex-amination
whether it was what they
hod bought from May or the liquor
they had bought ill other places that
had Intoxicated them, that the Jury
aftei being out a short time return-ed
a verdict of not guilty.
It was testified that the "Hranco"
upon analysis had an alcoholic con-leal
of 89 per cent, and that a drink
of "steam" with a beer "chaser" cost
Pi cents.
An Unusual Liquor Cue
An unusual exemplification of the
Intricacies of the prohibition en-forcement
net was given yesterday
all.'in.ion befoi,' Judge Miller when
three nun. .less.- II. Hazzard, John-
Douglass and I '.ii 1 El-hser were ar-raigned
on the charge of transport-ing
liquor.
Douglass pleaded guilty, and Has-sard
and Eraser nun volt, which
means that they were technically
guilty but not intentionally so—in
other words they had committed a
erinie but not of their own will or
with "malice of forethought."
ll was shown from the witness
stand that on ihe night of October
lXth the three men were slopped by
Lieutenant Mullen mi Spring Mill
lloid and Montgomery avenue.
Lower Merlon, the policeman being
on the lookout for a trio of men
who had recently been committing
biirglarly In the locality. The officer
searched the car and found done up
in two packages II bottles of
Johnny Walker Scotch whisky, a
brand now almost a memory in the
land of the "free". When question-ed
by ihe officer, Huzzurd and Eraz-er
denied any knowledge of the con-tents
of the packages, but Douglass
admitted that il was whisky. They
were placed tinder arrest and sub-sequently
held for court.
Erazcr owned the car which was
a large Peerless autombolle, and he
claimed that Douglass asked him to
take him and I la/./aid for a ride
which he did. They slopped In
I'hildelphia and Douglass got out
and put the packages In the car
without [eraser or Hassard even
knowing what the packages contain-ed.
On their way home they were
stopped by the police and then foe
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