The Conshohocken Recorder, November 4, 1924

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Established 1869, No. 5790. PUBLISHED EVERY
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1921. SUBSCRIPTION PRICK
$1.50 A YEAR
PRICE TWO CBNTS
E.
Realty Corp'n Stockholders
Recommend a Big Develop-ment
For Next Year Pro-viding
Street is Graded
OFFICERS ELECTED
Stockholder) of thi Conshohooken
Realty Corporation, :ii 111• -■ ■ annual
meeting, Saturday afte n in the
office of the Becietai y, C. \. i iesl -
mone, recommended to the board of
directora thai the company continue
its building operations In ponsho
hocken and thai the building pro
gram foi 1926 be thai llfty dwelling*
houaei be erected on the cororatlona
land ITI Weal Tenth avenue provid-ing
that the borough opens and es-tablishes
:i grade line for the streel
:III.I completes the actual grading by
May I. it WHS further recommend-ed
thai should the borough be un-able
i" grade the street early In the
spring, the corporation will conl nue
its activities for the year elsewhere.
u was explained thai the corpora
tii.n cannot again go Into an opera -
i in :i street which has nol been
graded, the experience In West
Eleventh avenue has proven this.
The corporation will be unable to
again have the gas and water com
panles lay mains in streets before
they arc graded as the companies
are now compelled to relay n sec-tion
"i their mains which is now
foil ml ici be above grade, and the
experience will no! be repeated.
As it Is Impossible t" carry on an
extensive operation without water,
the Realty Corporation has no op-tion
in tin- matter and must telj
upon town council aa to whethor the
operation will be carried on or not.
Tin' Corporation Is anxious to
carry on ils work hero as the com-pany
was formed with the primary
oberf of developing Conshohocken
by providing modern, comfortable
homes with line Burroundlnga at the
lowesi posalble cost to the purchas-ed,
it is encouraging home owning
by every family and making it pos-sible
for those who work hero to
live here.
The recommendations will he pre-sented
to the board of directors for
consideration at their regular meet-ing
and by them will he presented to
town council for the consideration
of thai body.
The stockholders elected the foi
lowing hoard of disectora to serve.
for one year: Howard Wood, Jr.,
Frank Hulcliffe, George W. Taylor.
Thomas Gaynor, Thomas F. McCoy,
Dr. John i> .Perkins, Michael, Daly,
John Kearns, Harry B. Heyw I,
Reese P. Davis and C, A. Deslmone.
Tl Ulcers cd' the corporation
arc: prealdent, Reese P. Davis; vice
president, Eiarrj B. Heywood; treas-urer.
Thomas !■', Mi Coy; secretary,
c. A. Deslmone.
It was reported that the building
operation In West EDIeventh avenue
will he completed (bis year. The
borough has completed the grading
and the Corporation Is completing
the work of building •sidewalks.
curbs and gutters and the planting
of trees, iiinanieni.il lighting will
lie installed and the i omplated opei
atfon will be the mosl beautiful
residential section In town.
FIRE DOES DAMAGE
AT IVY ROCK PLANT
The Washington Fire Company
was summoned to the plant of the
Alan Wooci iron & si.ei Company
shortly after midnight Saturday
morning, when a great pile of rail
road sills were discovered to be on
Are. Many of the firemen had talon
part in iiio Hallowe'en celebration
in Phoenlxvllle on Friday evening
and Stopped on their way home, at-tire.
I in their Hallowe'en suits, and
helped battle the blase,
The pump was stationed along
Plymouth creek from where a stream
was played on the burning sills for
nearly two h.nns l» loir the In 6
was extinguished.
The sills are used by the c onny
for the purpose of lighting till tires
and it is estimated there were aben'
8000 Hills iii the pile, A large num-ber
of them weie burned i>. fore the
Hi.- was extinguished.
Fire at Cadwallader Estate
The i li orge ' 'lay Fire Company
was summoned to Lower Merlon
(dose to the borough line on Bunday
aii.ri n to extinguish field fires
The first . all was from the i !nd-wall
oh i estate where flrr was rap-
Idly spreading and threatened t"
communicate with some of the
buildings on the estate. The fire-men
beat out the flames with sticks
ami brooms before any damage en-sued.
Bhortly alter five o'clock the
see.Ul.l COil ..line hi the file eolil-pany
when a tree on the Jamison
estate had been ignited by an elec-tric
light wire and embers from the
burning tree falling Into a field of
alfalfa Igniting it. The firemen
made a hurried run to the estate and
by means of hand extinguishers and
sticks heat ..in the flames and prob-ably
saved the entire field Of alfalfa
from destruction.
C00LIDGE AND DAWESx
STUDENTS_FAV0RITES
Pupils Civo Demonstration of Hold-ing
An Election
A ton of straw fell on the Republi-can
party when the students of the
Conshohocken High School turned In
their straw ballota this morning.
A real, genuine "honest-to-good-neaa"
election was held except thai
the vole w ill noi be counted with thi
tonight. Coolldge and Duwca
were the favorites with Davis and
Bryan a dlatant second, A number
..r the boys and -.ills cast their votea
lor La Foil. He and Who. lor, hul
some of their \oies were probably
last in a spirit of fun, rather than in
a aplrll of earnestness.
i■;.• i. ■ 11 home room « a i a a ard with
a judge of election, two oierks and of
course, a ballot box, which in some
Instances was the empty waste paper
basket.
The returns were as follows:
For Coolldge and Dawea L'3S
< Republican)
For Davis and Bryan IS..
11 lemocratlo)
For La Foil, lie and Wheel.•!' 16
(Socialist)
For Paris and Brehm 2
(Prohibition)
For i.a Follel te and wheel..-.... 4
(Labor)
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Agents of The Light-Fingered
Set Carried on Their Oper-ations
Here Saturday Night
Boy Returns Wallet.
While the big crowd surged too
and fro on Fayette street during the
I la Hi.we'.", parade, Saturday even-ill';,
pickpockets wended their way
through the mass of humanity and
carried on their light-fingered busi-ness
Of getting their hands into the
pockets of a number of persons and
making away with considerable
ney. In ever) Instance the pick-po<
keis carried .mi their attempts
without being detected until after
they had disappeared in the crowd
and their Identity concealed.
The heaviest loser is supposed to
he a tailor, whose place of business
is ..a w .si Enm street. He came to
Fayette street to witness the demon-stration
and before leaving his place
of business put the money, amount-ing
to about sixty dollars in paper
money in his pocket fur safety.
When lie returned to his store after
the parade he put his hand 111 his
pockel 'o return the money to the
cash register and was greatly sur-prised
to learn that some one had
rilled his clothes as hi' stood on the
street in the presence of seres of
people who were Iii reaching distance
wh. ul.l have captured the pick-pocket
had it been known that he
had made his appearance.
Another man who was numbered
among the unfortunate was Arthur
Ramsey, residing in First avenue.
West Conshohocken. He came to this
bOrOUgh to see the parade Intending
to pay some hills after the demon-stration,
He had thirty-eight dol-lars,
his automobile cards and some
oilier valuabiea in a wallet which he
carried in his pocket. After the par-ade
he reached his hand in his pock-el
to See If his wallet was there but
to his chagrin it had been taken, lie
thought he felt some one tUg at his
coal just before he placed his hand
in Ills pocket, hut paid no attention to
It. On Sunday a small hoy returned
the wallet lo him hut the money was
The boy mild lie found the
purse iii Sansom street between Elm
and Hector streets.
Another man reported that he had
been robbed of thirty-nine dollars as
he stood Watching the parade.
An effort to locate the pickpocket
was made after the parade was over
hut no trace of him could he found
ami ii is believed he left town as soon
as possible after securing Ills booty.
There was considerable disorder
throughout the business section of
the borough following the parade and
the police were kept busy dispersing
crowds. While the parade was in
progress the ordre was perfect.
A iiniit started at a dance being
COndUoted In P. O. S. Of A. hall and
Chief of Police Heald Went to the hall
ami sli.pp.il the dance.
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Madeline Lowenthal Bride of
Aaron Klein.—Wedding at
Bride's Home Followed
by Reception
WILL RESIDE HERE
A pretty fall wedding was solem
ni/.e.i at six o'clock Sunday evening,
when .Madeline Lowenthal became
the bride of Mr. Aaron Klein, of this
borough. The ceremony was per
formed by Rabbi B. L. Lowenthal,
chief Rabbi of the Orthodox syno
goguea in Philadelphia, at the home
of the bride'.-, sister. Mrs. MacKurtZ,
720 Pine streei. Philadelphia. The
house was prettily decorated with
autumn foliage.
The lui.le was attended by her sis-ter,
Miss Kstclla Lowenthal. as maid
of In.nor .and her bridesmaids were
Miss May Klein, sisler of the groom,
and the Misses Dorothy and I'lor
ance Kurtz, nieces of the bride. The
flower girl was Miss Beatrice Kurtz,
a niece of the bride.
The groom was a lien,led by Mr.
Maurice Colin, of Philadelphia, anil
the ushers were Messrs. Irvine l'l.\
ner, Morris Klein and Sidiny Kurtz.
The bride's wedding dress was of
silver bro.a.ie, trimmed with pearls.
She wore a bridal Veil held ill pie■■■
with a wreath of orange blossoms,
si.e carried a bouquet of lllles-of the
Valley .bride's roses and sweet r*
The gown Of the maid Of honor was
studded jade green chiffon velvet
ami she wore a head hand of crushed
roses, ii.r bouquel was of pink
roses and sweet peas.
A very pretty picture was pre-sented
by the bridesmaids. Miss
Klein wore a gown of while chiffon
velvet; Miss Dorothy Kurtz's gown
was of rose Chiffon Velvet and Miss
Florence Kurtz wore blue chllTon
velvet. They wore headbands of
rhlneatonea set in silver. Their
bouquets ware of sweet peaa ami pink
roses.
After the ceremony a reception was
held at the Claridge, which was at-tended
by guests from x.w y/drk,
Chicago, Atlantic city. Los Angeles,
Brooklyn ,Salem, N. ,I.. Philadelphia
and this borough. 3(10 quests were
present at the reception and the
dlnjng and ball rooms were beauti-fully
decora led with palms. ferns
and autumn leaves. Paul Spceln's
orchestra played during the recep-tion.
After the reception Mr. and Mrs.
Klein left for Jacksonville, Fia.,
and will spend their honeymoon in a
tour of the South. Upon their re-turn
they will reside in this borough
where the groom is associated witli
his father in business.
STUDENTS HEAR OPERA
THEME AND GIVE RECITAL
Miss Daly Prepaics Students to
Hear Grand Opera
The first students' recital "f thi
i .. was hi I.I la.' i evening by
Miss Madeline it. Daly, vocal teach-er,
.1 her sin.II... 227 Spring Mill
a\ enue.
A 01 the r.toi y of " I .a
Boheme" one at the mosl delightful
of Puccini's Operaa, was i..id by
Miss Dal) and ii,.- music of iin- prin-cipal
aria i< ii.l.-re.i, ihas p.a
paring the pupils i.> bettei appre-ciate
I be woi k . w Inch will be m ■■
mi Ti.ui .i. \ eienlng, the flisi ..i u
program of tea] operaa to be
during the Beaaon by the Civic Opera
Company of Philadelphia, of which
Mrs. Heurj M. Tracj Is president.
Thla was a very. Interesting pre-llminarj
after which the folloi
pro| lam was i .-ii well rendered and
showed much Improvemenl In the,
work .lone by the students taking
pan:
"The Rosary" Kevin
Helen Dale |
"June Brought the Roses
ami v.iu" .... i tpenshaw i
Martha Rowley
"Foi YOU AloneP' .. Qeehl
Wm. Richardson
"Sweet Miss Mary" •• Neldllngei
11.1.oi Most r
"Molliel Mine" Haelissler
Charles! Messlnger
"Evening, M; Live and You" Bond
Hannah Atkinson
"Annie Laurie (Air, by liunlnck)
Dorothy Mesalngei
"Non E Ver" Mallei
Mae Iii'.-alls'
Cost to Outside Pupils Doubled
at Board Meeting Last
Evening.—Attendance
Good
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
STRUCK BY AUTO
ON WAY TO TRAINi
Miss Sara Smnllwood Stepped in
Front of Machine Yesterday
FIREMEN ASK AID
OF TOWNSHIP
Plymouth Commissioners Will In-spect
Companies to Determine
Aid Needed
Plymouth I'lre Company ami Har-monviile
Fire Company both asked
nld of tin- Plymouth t..unship com-missioners
at the regular meeting of
the board, last evening, and the com-missioners
made no definite prom-ises
pending an Investigation of the
companies. It was decided to visit
the Plymouth Ore house and Inspect
the condition of the house, apparatus
and other equipment and decide what
aid is to be given at a future meet-ing.
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The Harmonvllle Company asked
for nn appropriation as it is desired
to secure apparatus as quickly as
poaalble. The commissioners asked
the company to decide upon the ap-paratus
best suitable for the Com-pany
and lo have the apparatus com-mittee
confer with the commission-ers,
When It would be decided what
aid the township can give.
A delegation of women were pres-ent
at ihe meeting ami requested
lights for Hickorvliiw n lane, a road
much used near the Orange hall. A.-
tloii ill the matter was deferred.
The commissioners tinishe.l the I
routine business of the township and
granted orders for the payment of
bills. Tax Collector Wernle paid to
the treasurer $750 in taxes paid diir-iiu:
the month.
Miss Sara Smnllwood is confined
In lor home, 2 1 1! Kast Fifth avenue,
Buffering from shock and bruises
about the body as the result of b
knocked down by an automobile yes-terday
morning, shortly after elghl
o'clock
Miss Smnllwood was on her way to'
lake a train for Philadelphia, where.,
she is employed at the North Ameri-can
TrUSi Company. As she reached
Ihe crossing at the corner of Hector
and Harry streets a large truck was
coming up Hector street, she await-'
e.l for it to pass and not noticing a
smaller machine Coming down 11..- I
lor streel she stepped directly in
front of it. The driver saw the
young lady and had his car under
full control and was running very .
slowly when Minn. Smallwoo.l steppnd
out from behind the truck, He tried
to avoid striking her hut before she
noticed the machine she had walked
into it and was knocked down. The
driver immediately stopped and
wanted Ihe young lady lo go lo a
physician but she refused, claiming
she was not injured. ,
She returned to her home bill by
the lime she reached there she was
highly exilic.I and realized that she,
was badly brUlaOd, The family phy-,
slclan was summoned ami after n ,
careful examination pronounced no
boms broken bin found her to l»o ,
suffering from bruises anil was
greatly shocked by her experience.
She was soul lo bed and ordered to .
remain there for a f.w days. I
MISS NANCY THOMAS
ENGAGED TO J. M. JONES
Dr. and Mrs. J. Quincy Thomas of
Sixth avenue and Fayette street,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Nancy, to J. Malcolm
Jones, son of Mr. Jonathan R. Jones
of "Wolden." Bryn Mawr,
READ THE RECORDER, 91.50 YR.
FINDS 5-YEAR OLD
A PILLAR OF FIRE
Hearing agonising screams, Miss
Anna W I. al 9.40 .,'. lock Saturday
morning, hurried to the front door of
her home on the Eight Square school
house lane and saw live-year-old
Margaret Harrison, enveloped in
damea in the yard of her home, which
was formerly the school house, across
the streel.
Catching up a rag, she proceded
io smother ihe damea ami al the
same time polled to another member
of the family to slop a passing auto-mobile,
in the meantime another
neighbor notified the Barren inn
Fire Company. The firemen soon ar-rived
and carried the child to the
'ofiice of Dr. Perkins, of this borough.
After conducting a hasty examina-tion
he ordered Ihe victim removed
| to Montgomery hospital where her
, condition Is said to be critical.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harrison,
win. occupy the old school house with
another colored family, are of the
opinion that their child set fire to
some leaves in the yard and her dress
became ignited.
MEET TONIGHT TO PLAN
FOR ARMISTICE DAY
Veterans Desire West Side to Par-ticipate
in Celebration
A meeting of Ihe general commit-tee
planning for a celebration of
Armistice Day. November II. will lie
held Ibis evening In the rooms of
| Voipe-iiinns Post. Final arrange-ments
are to be made for Ihe parade.
Bahy Coaches and Oo-Carts re-tired
at KHHOF.S. :!17 Hector St.
Advertisement
which is to be held during the morn-ing
of Armistice Day. and il is de-sired
that ail members of the com-mittee
be present. II is also desired
that West Consliohockeii he r.ipM
' Rented as the committee is planning
to have a big demonstration that win
I represent the part this community
played in tile World war.
Burgess McEuhatton, of west Con-
I ShOhOOken, is chairman of the speak-ers'
committee and will report as to
i the arrangements for the patriotic
meeting.
All interested In the celebration are
Invited to attend the meeting this
evening.
BIG MASQUERADE DANCE
will be held in the Maple Room of
Washington Fire Company II.is,
House, Saturday evening, November
Mil. 1924, by Ministers Club. Frizes
awarded. Advertisement
County's Oldest Horse
Company in Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Merion
Society for the recovery of stolen
horses was held al Boyd's restaur-ant,
Aiiiiui.ro, on Saturday last.
Routine business was transacted
and an election of officers for Ihe
ensuing year was held, resulting in I
the election of David n. Koss as.
president and Reese P. Davis as
secretary ami treasurer, I
Following lb.- business meeting, i
the annual supper was enjoyed by
the members ami guests.
Tills organisation, one of the old-est
in Hi,, county, ils origin dating
back I" Colonial lines, has outlived
its original purposes, owing to the
passing of the horse and the coining
of the automobile, but is kepi alive
with its yearly meeting ami supper
largelj through Bentlmental reasons.
Several generations of families
have been represented by member-ship
Which was made up of many of
Ihe distinguished men and worn.-nol
Ihe lOWer end of Molllgolllel y rollll-ty.
At the r. gular meeting of the
w. a Conshohocken School Hoard
held al the office of William Davis
Jr.. and I'.I, last evening the price
of tuition in the high school was in-creased
to $7.00 'per month per pup
il Tills is just double the amount
pri vlously charged but Is the actual
cost to ih. district to educate a
pupil. There was no Increase-In the
tuition In the grades which Is $^.50
p.r month per pupil iii the first
five grades and |M1 In the sixth
SI venth and eighth grades.
supervising Principal Brown re-ported
the attendance In all grades
as being good. The average for
Hi.- difi. r. ni grade* was read us
follows: first gra.l.. »7 per cent,
second grade, M per cent; thud
grade, '."'• per cent: fourth grune,
Ml per cent: fiftli grade. (2 per
cent: sixth grade, 02 per cent; aev-
. nib and eighth grades, 'Jfi per cent;
high school, il per cent. The sup-ervising
principal'.". report also
stated the wok during the tr.ontti
"..i I ver\- satisf ici :y although
Some complaints were mad.' :*s to
the method of disciplining by some
of ihe teachers. The tea.tiers at-tended
ihe Institute ami were great-ly
helped by It. Tile report further
states that three boys of grade sev-en
have been advanced to grade
eight in all subjects except arith-metic
ami they win be admitted to
the high school next year but will
be compelled tb take up the eighth
grade arithmetic In connection with
their high school work.
The n pori staled thai an exhibit
of the work of the school children
will be Held sonic evening during
thi.-. in.mth in order thai parents
can see Just what their children
are accomplishing and al the same
time give ihe parents an oppor-tunity
of meeting the teachers.
'rhe report received from the
county Institute was read showing
thai all of the leaehers with (no
exception of Mrs. Spoyd attended
the sessions. Mrs Richards was
off one day and Supervising prin-
Oipal Brown and Miss Agnes B.
EOIEBU BUOI -ir*"1 half a day in
Order to attend Ihe funeral of I'aul
J loir In : ly a pupil of the .seventh
grade,
The compulsory attendance law-was
set nt eighty p.r rent.
It was decided lo close Ihe school
on Tuesday) November il ami
Thursday November 27, in obser-vance
of Armistice Day and Thanks-glVlng
Day rcspi eiivi Iv.
A communication was received
from ihe Conshohocken School dls-tricl
slating that tuition of the high
s.h.ml for the present term has
been Increased to $9,00. Margaret
Barnshaw ami Stewart McKensle,
tWO West Sole pupils are taking up
the fourth years studies for this
v.ar and Ihe luilion will be paid by
the district.
The Teachers' Committee reported
all of lln leaehers on duty during
ihe month, The application of Mrs.
Spayd as successor I.. Miss f tilth
BSfsIck was nol in the hands of tlie
Teachers Committee owing to in-slitut,.
week but will be presented
within a few days and her formal
election will take place ami her
contract sinned.
The Qulldlng Committee reported
repairs had been made iii the heat-er
and that supplies ask,si Tor by
the Janitor had been purchased.
Edgar Woodward, treasurer, sub-mitted
the following report:
Balance from last month $8979.11
Tuition :• r,n
Received from w. W. Hart-sel,
Taxis c;;7.9ti
Total
Expenses during Month
$ir>L'ii7.r,7
•170710
AUTO COLLISIONS
No One Injured in Two Accidents
Friday Night
An automobile owned and oper-ated
by Arlie ■ ipponheim. of Ni.rris-town,
and Frank Fetter, IT:; Old Elm
si reel, collided ill New Rjlm street.
shortly after seven o'clock Friday
evening, Mr, i ippenhelm was en-route
lo Ibis borough and Fell.a
was going in Ihe opposite direct ion.
Each ear suffered Ihe loss of a hub
cap and a bent fender.
An automobile accident occurred
on Fayette street between Seventh
and Eighth avenues late Friday
night when Ihe aulomboile of Harold I
Neville, :;:!•"' Bast Seventh avenue,
and Charles llansbury, No. fi Jeffer-son
street, Manayunk, crashed to-gether
in a head-on collision. The
Neville car was knocked to one side
of the street and was badly dam-aged,
the engine being torn loose
from the frame. The car had to be
towed away. The llansbury car
was also .damaged but was able to
leave under its own power.
Balance $10802,47
Sinking Fund ... 69.16
Orders were granted for bills in
Ihe amount of • $545.74. Payment
of teachers' and panltor'a salaries
was ratified.
All members were present, Pres-ident
Thomas EX Ambler, who lias
l.e.n confined to his homo for sev-
.ral Weeks by illness, presided for
Ihe first lime in three months. He
expressed his appreciation for being
able to meet his fellow, members
and they in lurn expressed their
pleasure of having hint with them.
Mr. Ambler was a member of the
first board of directors appointed
by ihe Court at the Incorporation
of the borough fifty years ago 111.
i ally past of last month.
WM, WALLACE BUYS
FAYETTE STREET STORE
DON'T WAIT until your roof
leaks, l'alnt it now with SHERWIN
WILLIAMS' Hoof Paint. KE1IOK
UltoN. Advertisement
William Wallace, manager of the
Rlghter jewelry store 27 Fayette
streel. has purchased from J. I ires -
Ben the store and dwelling, 113
Fayette street, which is now occu-pied
by Mr. BreSSSn as a tailor
store and dwelling.
The sale was made through real-iiu
George M, s. Light.
Mr. Wallace will take possession
of the properly and open a Jewelry
.store on January 1. He will re-sign
as manager of the Rlghter store
and go into business on his own
account.
Mr. Bressen stated that lie would
remain in Conshohocken and will
open a store in another location.
STUDENTS PAY LAST
TRIBUTE TOW. F. TEITMAN
First Year Students of St. Mat
thew's High School Attend
Funeial
The funeral of William F. Tietman
51 \eais, was held yesterday
morning from bis late residence al
Mai ble Hall, with .-. 11 Ices In st.
Matthew's church. Solemn Requiem
Mass was celebrated al ten ..'clock
by Lev. James Shea, assisted by
Rev, .lames Brogan, deacon, and
Rev. John M..Mullen, of Norrlstown,
sub-deacon. The Vatican version
of the Mass was sung by the choir,
Mrs, John Quinn singing "Rock of
Ages" al the, .lose of the services.
Rev. Father Shea performed the ab-solution
of the body and preached
the funeral Bermon, and gave the
final blessing at the grave.
The pupils of the Hist year high
of St. Matthews school weie in at-tendance
in a body ai the funeral
Interment was made in St. Mat-thew
's cemetery.
Deceased is survived by his wid-ow,
two sons. William J, and Fred-erick
J.. ami two daughters, Wil-hamiiia
and Matilda.
Widow Claims Death of Pump
Tender Was Due to Electric
Shock. Coroner's Jury Gave
Verdict of Cause of Death
Unknown.
Before Hosier, of the Workmen's
Compensation Hoard, yesterday, at
Norrlstown, heard local applications
for compensation,
• me of the mosi Interesting Ques-tions
which the Referee has been
Called upon to decide for some time
was the cause of death of I'lsquah'
Romano, of Plymouth. Romano was
found dead in Ihe bottom of a quarry
hole on a working of the l.avina
Co., of Philadelphia. He was em-ployed
as lie operator of an electric
pump at the Plymouth Quarry.
An Inquest Intft the death was con-ilu.
led by Coronor Huff and his jury
returned a verdict of*death due to
causes unknown.
A petition In behalf of deeendenfs
Wife and live children was filed ask-ing
for compensation on the basis
of deeendenfs wages of $-10 per
week. The claimants alleged that
the death was due to tile dependent's
Standing upon a wet concrete plat-form
and getting a shock of electric-ity
from the apparatus he was oper-ating
which caused him to fall from
the platform into the hole.
The application is contested by his
late employers on the ground that
the cause of death lias never been
determined as evidenced by ihe of-iiciai
Investigation.
Andrew Shields. Ml Fast Marshall
slnet. NorrlBtOWn, against John S.
Love, Pittsburgh. Claimant was
shoeing a horse when lie was over-come
by the heat and has not been
able to work since. Claim is con-tested
on the ground thai the affec-tion
is a purely natural one and not
due to Ihe nature of his employment.
REV. T. A. ARMOUR TALKS
BEFORE SCHOOL LEAGUE
At the October meeting of the West
ConshOhOOken Home and School
League in the high school building,
Friday evening. Rev. T. A. Armour,
pastor of the Conshohocken Method-
1st church, was the principal speaker.
In his address the speaker touched
on various phrases of the life and its
relation to the child .the school, the
home, the church and the parents
and teachers. The crimes which are
committed in this country he saiil
are done so principally by the young-er
people. Seventy-live per cent, are
committed by persons not over 24
years of age. This he said could be
attributed to undernourishment and
lo Ihe mentally and physically unfit.
In speaking of the school curriculum
he thought there was too much har-ness,
too many branches where the
child gets only a little bit of each.
but he would not set his humble
judgment against that of trained
educators. He said we are all loo
BUSOeptlble to fads and fancies. Chil-dren
are great imitators but in many
eases the older ones imitate the
youngsters; for Instance take Hie
bobbed hair fad. We do not only
need better trained teachers but bet-tre
trained parents as well. Heller
homes, schools and better living Is
the solution to the problem.
An Interesting but short program
by the sixth grade pupils and vocal
selections by Mrs. C.eorge Jones,
preceded the address.
At the close of the program the
members of the Refreshment Com-mittee,
attired in Hallowe'en eos-lumes
served refreshments of nuts,
candies and apples.
PURCHASED HOME AT
VALLEY FORGE
Herbert Mauck, formerly of the
Conshohocken pike and now resid-ing
at llavei ford, lias purchased of
John It. K. Scott, Esq., a stono
dwelling and two and a half acres of
land, a pnrt of the Scott estate near
Valley Forge. The dwelling is lo-cated
near the Montgomery county
line in Chester county. Mr. Mauck
will take possession of the property
about April 1 and will reside there
with his family.
15.
MUMMERS' PA1E
Clubs Made Georgous Dis-plays
in Hallowe'en Cele*
oration.—Children an At-tractive
Feature.
PRIZE WINNERS
All kinds of Mlllwork. Consho-hocken
Millwork Company, Rim and
Poplar Sts., Conshohocken, Pa, Adv,
Fifteen thousand people, many of
whom came from nearby places,
viewed the annual Hallowe'en celc-bratlon
held here Saturday evening.
The sidewalks of Fayette street were
tilled with people and alone, the whole
route of parade £he throngs greeted
ami cheered the marching mummers.
Hundreds of automobiles parked in
streets facing the line of march and
Fayette street from the bridge to
I'Mrst avenue was roped off. Large
■ le. Hie lights were hung over Cay-ette
street from the bridge to Fourth
avenue making the streel a brilliant
"white way.'' The police arrange-ments
w.re excellent. Fayette street
was kept clear of traffic during tho
parade, and with the assistance of
the lire police, the people were con-llned
to the sidewalks and every one
had a line view of the parade and
I lie marchers were nol interfered
with, giving the judges full oppor-tunities
to make their views.
After the parade, the police direct-ed
traffic and the hundreds of motor
ears weul on their way Without il
Single accident.
There have been larger mummers'
parades here but lion pialed Satur-day's
demonstration, clubs and in-dividuals
appeared in gorgeous cos-tumes
and were highly successful In
securing very beautiful effects.
The comic division was the llnest
of its kind ever seen here. There
was no vulgarity and the mummers
strove to get a laugh from the ob-servers
and were successful.
A most pleasing feature of tho
parade was the children's division.
There were many line costumes worn
by the children and the feature that
won the most applause were four
little tots masquerading as brides
and grooms. The lire companies
made their usual hits with their dis-plays
of "Darktown" and "Hell Gate."
They had a number of new pieces of
"apparatus" ill line.
The Influence of the Movies was
strongly reflected in the parade.
Children were partial to the "Cov-ered
Wagon," and a number of hoys
bad converted their small express
wagons into imitations of the fam-ous
prairie schooners.
Hood nature prevailed among tho
great crowds and bushels of confet-ti
were thrown covering the people,
sidewalks and the floors of stoles.
Chairman William Kalz desires 10
thank the members of Ills cominit-i.
e. tin mummers and organisa-tions
that aided in making the cel-ebration
a great success.
The policing at the West entrance
to the bridge while the parade was
moving around the monument was
all thai could be desired. The fire
police of the George Clay Fire Com-pany,
under the leadership of cap-tain
John Oetsfread, kept the space
clear anil the marchers were able to
make the turn without the slightest
interference. Chief lleald. of the lo-cal
force, was greatly pleased with
the work of the West Side police and
was loud in his praise of their capa-bilities.
First Division—Fancy
Judges: Harry Logan, Wm. J.
Mori 11 and A. B. Fairbairn.
Best dressed male—1st prize, $10.00
OttO llaefelin, Ml) West Main street.
Norrlstown. End prize, *f..00, James
Gaasohe, ^ Swede street, Norrlstown.
3rd prise, silk broacloth shirt, Wm.
11. Cook, fi-l* Dupont street, Roxbor-ough.
Best Dressed Female—lsl prise,
$10.00. Rose Mazza, 73S East Ma'.n
street. Nonistown. Snd prize, $5.00,
Anna Swallow. 206 Green Ijine.
Manayunk. 3rd prize. ladies silk
scarf, Lucille Cuber. 118 West Fiftli
street, Bridgeport,
BBS) group, 10 or more—1st prize,
$in.oo. Loo Peep Club. Mont Clare.
e.i. Snd prise, $10.00. Russell Friend's
Nil'tys of lOLTi, 350 Fast Sixth ave-nue.
Conshohocken.
Rest group, less than 10—1st prize,
$10.00, Capelli Club, 63Z1 Reedland
street, West Philadelphia, lind prize
18.00, Green Mountain Girls, West
Conshohocken.
Most Original—1st prize, $10.00,
Martha Cook, 5-18 EL Dupont street,
Roxhorough. Ind prize, $5.00, Mrs.
Ethel Bohofleld, Trooper. Pa. 3rd
prise, basket of flowers, Ida Nell,
!U6 Blast Hector streel, Conshohock-en.
Best Male Impersonator—lady's
umbrella, Matilda Doerner, Curren
Terrace, Nonistown.
Rest Male Impersonator—box of
cigars, BSImer White, 110 Bast Elm
Street, Conshohocken.
Special prize, female—ladiea gold
ring. Mrs. Edna Gaasche, 6 Swede
street, Norrlstown.
Special prize, female—toilet water
and perfume, lledwig Ashenbrenner,
416 West Lafayette street, Norrls-town.
Second Division—Comic
Judges: E. J. Rafferty, Seth K.
Mitchell and P. J. Morlarity.
Best Comic Male—1st prise, $10.00
Frank Richards & Son, 457 Gonarrce
street. Roxborough. 2nd prize, $5.00,
Marie Murphy, 452 Old Elm street,
Conshohocken. Jrd prize, framed
picture, Martha Rawley, 904 Harry
street. Conshohocken.
Best Comic Female—1st prize,
$10.00, Jeannette Winnis, 543 Old
Elm street, Conshohooken. 2nd prize
$5.00, Peggy O'Connor, 219 Prospect
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