The Conshohocken Recorder, August 4, 1908

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN' PA. TUESDAY AUGUST J l»os
HEAD SEVERED
BY TRAIN
*1 PEB YEAR
STEEL PLANT RESUMES
Alan
THE SHOCKING FATALITY OC-CURRED
WHILE YOUNG HOW-ARD
DEWEESE WAS GOING TO
SEE A BASEBALL GAME.
A ■hocking accident occurred on the
Philadelphia and Readinc rallwaj near
'-1"' !-""- ad Iron uorks about 1.00
Saturday afternoon, when Howard
Dewees, the 8-year-old ion ol Charles
residing at 465 Spring Mill
avenue, had bla bead completely sev-vr.
,i from his body by shifting engine
1200, deatb resulting Instantaneously.
The body Was not otherwise mangled
with the exception that several Bngwa
Were crushed.
Young Dewees with a number of
companions, among whom was Walter
'• ir, were on ther way to the
meadows which is some distance below
the Iiongmead iron works, to witness
a base ball game between the Liberty
Boys and the West Conshohocken
team. Some of the boys were walking
on the north-bound track, among whom
was Dewees.
The other shouted to them to look
out for the express thundering along
some distance away, and which is due
at the Conshohocken station at about
1.S0. All of the other boys cleared
the tracks, but Dewees ran directly
In the path of engine 1200 which had
•been engaged in drilling cars into the
siding of the Longmead Iron works.
Seieral of the crew who were Bit-ting
on the pilot of the engine an
ored to save the hoy from being
■truck, hut they were unsuccessful,
.and he was run down directly In their
■ight.
The accident happened near the
('' *treei crossing ol the Philadi I-a
and Reading railway,
it is a i ommon occurrence for mi n
and hoys to walk along the railroad
tracks while on their waj to witness
ball games on the meadows, but this
is the first time for Borne years thai
ias been killed. About a
month ago Edward Keefe "as run
down bj a train near the same place,
ral of his flngeis being crushed.
After young MWees bad i ri killed
rew ol engine 1200 gathered up
the remains and took them to the of-fice
of the LiOngmead Iron Company,
and Coroner King was notified. As
the accident did not happen on a
the coroner decided that no
inquest was necessary.
The remains were taken In charge
toy Undertaker M. P. .Moore, who re-moved
them to the home of the boy's
fath'T, iro.n when the funeral look
place this Hffernoon al 1.30 o'clock.
Interment In St, Matthew's Cemetery.
pall bearers, playmates ol the
were: James Morlatlty,
ell Hamilton, Mails SHuglufT,
Roj Neater, Warren Fisher and Frank-iin
.\ic Qowan.
The mother of the deceased died
some time ago. The members of the
crew of shifting engine 1200. which
killed Dewees, are as follows: En-gineman,
Henry Reppard; fireman,
John Redmond; conductor, Jacob
"laett; brakeman, Win. .1. Reno and W.
C. Campbell.
Wood Plant Gives Several
Hundred Men Work.
ICE DEALEB
FLEECED
A portion ol the plant ol the Alan
Wood Steel Company, in this borough,
was started up again yesterday aftei
being idle through the las) month.
The company operates when ill lull
complement nine furnaces and three
of them, one-third of the whole ,a
parity, were started up vestciduy
morning.
The Officers of the corporation
stated that they had opened the three
furnaces in response to Improved con-ditions
In the market and demand for
steel product, and hoped to advance
operations still further in the near in
ture. but they would make no defln
ite predictions as to the time or ex-tent
of resuming full operations. The
opened furnaces will give work to sev-eral
hundred men who have long been
Idle.
A MOSQUITO TRAP
Effective Little Device Invented by a
British Entomologist.
THE TAX GATHERING DIALECT
•Man Who Can't Speak Pennsylvania
German at a Loss.
In his first tax collecting tour
through the Pennsylvania German dis-trict*
of Montgomery county, which
he ,i,i Just completed. William M.
glngbothom. County Treasurer,
encountered no end of difficulty he-cause
he does not understand the
dialect.
Heretofore it happened thjat the
incumbents of this office usually spoke
Pennsylvania German, but If the] did
not they sent a deputy who did. Mr.
Hagglnbothom, however, made the
tour unaccompanied. As a conse-quence,
In some of the rural districts,
where English is rarely heard, he was
hardly able to transact business, and
In sevec^J Instances had to engage na-tives
to.Jeive as Interpreters.
The German names of the residents
also puttied the Treasurer, and fre-quently
tbey had to be spelled repeat
edly before he was able to write them.
As a consequence taxpayers encoun-tered
unusual delay because ot the
long line of persons waiting for their
tax receipts
Despite the war which science has
been waging against the mosquito In
the swamps and marshlands where
the troublesome insects breed, great
multitudes of the tiny winged pests
still liud their way Into Conshohocken
during the late summer and early
autumn months. To the discomfort
arising from the attacks of the mos-quito
must be added the maladies,
such as malaria, which they dissemin-ate,
If proper precautionary measures
are inn practiced
for iiiis reason Gonshohookenitss
should be lnt< n sted In a simple and
Inexpenslvi little mosquito trap which
Maxweii Lefroy, of the British Indian
Entomological Department, has de-vised
and found highly effective. It
is a small |>o\ some 11' Inches square
and 9 in, Pes wide, fitted with a hinged
lid provided with a small ornlflce,
over which mines a sliding cover.
The box is lined with dark
baize, and has a tin floor.
This trap is placed in a shady cor-ner
of the room .and the mosquitoes
upon entering the house during the
day seclude themselves therein, to
escape the sunlight. When the in-sects
have duly settled, the lid is
shut and about n teispoonful of ben-zine
injected into the box. Within a
short time all the mosquitoes sue
cumb.
Lefroy continued this process daily
until the mosquitoes ceaseir to be trou-blesome,
and within 31 days he caught
and killed over 2800 of these In- i
A much shorter and less arduous cam-paign
would probably free a Consho-hoeken
residence from the smail but
vic|oua New Jersey Invaders,
JOHN J. REILLY BECOMES A VIC-TIM
OF ONE OF HIS FORMER
EMPLOYEES—ARREST MADE IN
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN.
While delivering Ice In West con-shohoekey
on Moml i.* morning, John
■I. Rellly was Informed by one of his
customers that she had paid last
weeks Ice bill to his collector. Rail-ley
immediately "sat up and took no-tice.
' as he well knew that he had em-ployed
no one to collect his bills.
On Investigating the matter he
found that William Natlmeyer, of Nor-ristown,
was the guilty collector.
Natlmeyer was employed by Rell-ly
until last week, when he was dis-charged
for neglecting his work, but
started early on Monday morning to
collect the money that was due Rell-ly
on the route that he (Natlmeyer)
had run In West Conshohocken.
Rellly went before, Magistrate Ixmg-acre
and had a warrant sworn out for
Natimeyer's arrest and later In the
day he was arrested by Constable
Joseph Sowers In a West Side hotel,
badly under the influence of liquor.
He was placed in the borough cooler
until he had sobered up and was given
H hearing last night by Magistrate
l-ongacre. who held him for a further
hearing on Wednesday night.
LAUNDRY FOB
CONSHOHOCKEN
Injured by Fall from Trolley.
Miss cia B Bodey, residing al 619
\\e,i Main Btreet, Norristown, and .-,
LOCAL CAPITALISTS TO FORM '''" l'"1 ''< the public schools Ol this
STOCK COMPANY FOR A STEAM1""""-1'- ''" '""" •' Lansdale trolley
Car at Main and heKall, she,.,,, |,'ii
day afternoon and badly bruised her
limbs. She was about to alight from
the car when the heel of her si s
'•""" taate i in me platform and
thrown to ibi tree! with
consldi rsble foi ce,
LAUNDRY—MARTIN
LEASED.
BUILDING
Rellly does not know how much
money Natlmeyer collected, but he
covered nearly all of his West Con-shohocken
route.
WATCHES A BANK 21 YEARS
Honors for Faithful Guardian Who
Goes to New Building.
At last we are to have u steam
laundry In Conshohocken. The pro-
Jei i has been talked of al din
times that omul town thins would lo-cate
here, but now the I idry looks
like a certainty,
The new industry is being promoted
by John I'. Gets, of the Gets-There
leap Company, ami (he laundry com-pany
will be composed of local capil
alists. Those who have already sub-scribed
for stock are William Neville,
Oscar T. Wood, John D. DeHaven,
Jacob Hamilton, John P. Getz, Rich-ard
H. Bate. Jr.. and several others
who names could not be ascertained.
The laundry Will be operated in the
Martin Building, on Hector street,
formerly used for basket ball. This
building has been leased and a repre-sentative
of a laundry machine firm
was in town yesterday and looked
over the building. A stock company
wlll be organized next week and they
will apply for a charter. It is ex-pected
that the company will be call-ed
the Conshohocken Steam Laundry
Company.
Mr. Getz. of the Getz-There Soap
PENNA. ROOSTER SENT
AS GIFT TO PRESIDENT
UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
Constipation, or irregularity. Is
very often the cause of sick-headache.
Lane's Family Medicine Is the great
preventive and cure of headache.
Druggists sell it for 26 costs.
It Is usually stated that the super-stitious
objection to sitting thirteen
at a table in Christian countries was
based on the fact of the last supper,
when Christ and his twelve disciples
sat down to eat together immediately
before the Saviour was seized by his
enemies.
But in the Norse mythology, which
Is supposed to antedate the Introduc-tion
of Christianity among the north-men,
we find the superstition refer-red
to In the fact that at a banquet
of the gods Lokl. the spirit of mls-
Chlef, Intruded himself, making thir-teen
at the table, wherefore there
was a fight, and Bafbour, a young he-ro
especially loved by all the gods,
was killed, for the fact Is the objec-tion
to this number seems to have
existed even before Christianity.
Among the Turks the number Is so
disliked and feared that It Is never ev-en
named; with the Aztecs, the aborig-ines
of Mexico, It was believed to have
magic power, ami a like fancy has
been found In other Indian tribes.
Among the Ignorant blacks of the
south the fear of this number in any
connection is actually absurd, but
whether they have borrowed this Idea
from theia imperfect knowledge of
Christianity or whether It Is a sur-vival
of the voodoo worship of their
ancestors it Is impossible to say, for
the superstition has a strong hold
everywhere, even among those who
should know better than to be swayed
by it. In Italy it Is never used in
making up the numbers of the favor-ite
lotteries, and in Paris it is omit-ted
In numbering the houses on the
streets.
Maurice O'Neill, war veteran and
public-spirited citizen. Saturday start-ed
on hi.- twenty-second year as olghl
watchman at the Bryn Mawr National
Hank, which financial institution is
now located In a One new building on
Lancaster avenue, at Bryn Mawr
nuts. Temporarily O'NVHI will have a
substitute, for in observance ol the
Completion Of his twenty-first year as
guardian of heaps of wealth, be will
go on his annual summer vacation,
the bank directors having, by reason
of his long service, granted him a
number of days In addition to the
usual one week.
In his position of special officer
O'Neill has been as faithful in his noc-turnal
vigil at the vaults as he was
heroic In defending his country when
it wanted men in an hour of peril, and
during his administration the safes
have been well protected against
cracksmen.
O'Neill enlisted first as a private In
Company G. Nineteenth Regiment.
Pennsylvania Infantry, at Philadelphia,
April IX. 1861, and was one of three
men who organized a Post of the
Grand Army of the Republic In Bryn
Mawr in August, 1889, and which was
named after Colonel Owen Jones, of
Wynnewood, lieutenant colonel of the
I'irst Pennsylvania Cavalry. Ever
since Its inception he has continued
his activities In that organization,
and there are in Bryn Mawr today
substantial marks that stand as monu-ments
to his patriotism and public
splrltedness, for the development of
the present beautiful town park, with
its cozy pavilion, where the Bryn
Mawr band gives conceits each Fri-day
evening during the summer
months, was largely due to his ef-forts.
Company, has a patent process for
washing clothes with Getz-There soap
that Is a great time and labor saver
ami it is this process that the company
expects to Introduce in their new
laundry.
from present indications the plant
will be in operating order by October
1st. and employment will be given
to about liltv hands.
Big Cockerel From Hatboro Admirers
Rules Roosevelt Farmyard.
Presidenl Roosevelt baa been admir-ing
■ new addition to the Sagamore
Hill poultry yard. It is a handsome
big cockerel, which arrived by ex-press
Friday night, and was taken
from its oratS In thfl President's barn-yard
Saturday morning. The bird,
which is of very large size, came
from George W. Tracey. of Hatboro,
where it had been on exhibition at the
county fair.
By vote it was awarded to the most
popular man In the United States, and
this man was Theodore Roosevelt. It
is a proud rooster and will rule the
President's farmyard.
SPARE FAMILY REUNION
Descendants of Leonard Spare Meet
Near Norristown
RECORDS OF AUGUST
WEATHER CONSOLING
Summary for 37 Years Shows Lower
Temperatures Than This July.
Peroxide Cream at Neville's.
THE CONSHOHOCKEN BIJOU
Owing to the great demand for the
picture that had been engaged for
Monday and Tuesday evenings by the
manager of the Conshohocken Bijou
entitled. "Pioneers Crossing the Plains
In 4B," and the same being delayed
on account of shipment, we are un-able
to show the picture before this
evening.
To-night will be shown the Pioneers
Crossing the Plains, which is worth
being seen by every American citi-zen.
Also the Maytalrs will be on
hand and entertain the public.
Don't use harsh physics. The reac-tion
weakens the bowels. leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Reglets, They operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation.
If you have an item of news, social,
personal or otherwise, send it to the
Recorder.
Peroxide Cream at Neville's.
For those persons who have been
sufterlng with the heal of Jul the
monthly report of the weather bureau
for the Augusts of the last thirty,
seven rears holds forth some fain)
hope. While the weather man wants
it understood that the summary ol con-ditions
in the past Is not a forecast
Of the future, those persons who
have faith in the eventful orderliness
Of things may find cause for some ex-pectations
of more livable weather
than Conshohocken has had for the
last two months.
'The mean, or average, temperature
for August the report says, has been
74 degrees. The wannest of the last
thirty-seven Augusts came in Hunt
when the mean temperature was ~'.\
degrees. Three years later .the cold-est
August, had an average tempera
ture ol 71 degrees.
In all the Augusts since the Weath-er
Bureau was first established in
Philadelphia only once has the ther-mometer
reached 101 degrees. This
was August 11, 1900. On August 24,
1890, the mercury dropped as low as
61 degrees.
Continuing its statistics, the report
says that the average precipitation for
the month has been 4.74 inches. The
greatest rainfall In any one month
came in 1873 when there was 11.49
inches. In 1906 the month was nearly
dry, the aggregate rainfall being only
.46 of an inche.
Only Edge of Big Windstorm Here.
Just the outside edges of th-- big
windstorm which was to have arrived
Saturday. If an intervening wall of
high-pressure atmosphere had not
sent It scurring out to sea, came
straggling over the town Saturday af-ternoon.
For a time the wind blew twenty
miles an hour, and made hats a lit-tle
hard to handle on some oi the
corners where the breeze gushed
around houses. But. on the
whole, the fresh breeze was a relief
rather than a trial.
The day, too was comparatively
cool. The temperature at 8 In the
morning was 74 and twelve hours lat-er
was 7C. During the entire day it
did not rise above 80 degrees, which
point It reached at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. Though the thermometer
did not go so high as the day before,
It maintained the same mean tempera-ture—
77 degrees—which is one de-gree
above the normal.
There was also a decided drop in
the humidity, which registered 60
early in the morning, and 56 In the
evening, as compared to 80 for the
preceding day.
The Spare family association held
its annual reunion Saturday at Zlebers
Park. Members Ol this family are
scattered througboul the United stair's
as well as England. The reunion was
attneded by members from Chicago,
Washington, Johnstown. Hazlelon.
Chester. Alleiiiown. 1M niwille.
Philadelphia, Pottstown, Royers'ford,
Soring City, Collegeville, Ijinsdale,
Oak Lane, Trappe Limerick, On
lord. Conshohocken and Norristown.
All the members ol the Spare tarn
llj are descendants ol Leonard and
Kli/.abcth Spare who came to this
countrj from German] In 1706, though
previously they bad lived in Bngiand.
Thi v settled in Worcester township
Philadelphia County, now Montgom-ery
County.
The following officers were elected
at the reunion: President, Charles
M, spare. Philadelphia, vice president,
John (i. Spare, i.i rick, secretary,
Miss. Adele Spare Wile. Norristown.
treasurer, Miss Barab spare. Philadel-phia.
A literary ami musical program
was opened with the singing of "Blest
Be the Tie" and prayer by John Q.
Spare.
Other features were: Vocal solo.
S. Hartweii Spare, Ironbridge; recll
atlon. Miss Sylvia Asbenfeter, Norris
town, reading of a letter and Inter-esting
manuscript from the family
by Philip Newton Spare.-of Mill House
Ohadwell Heath. Bssex, Bngiand, by
William B. Northham, of Chester, vo-cal
and the report of work of Histor-ical
Committee by Chester II. Spare,
PhoenlxviUe, and William Summers,
Conshohocken.
SPRING .MILL
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
NEIGHBORING VILLAGE CON-DENSED
INTO SHORT
PARAGRAPHS.
The supervisors oi Whltemarsh
township filed certificates in the office
"I the Clerk ,,l Conns Saturday morn-ing
thai thej had opened Righter.
Spring Mm. Ninth, and, Lime and
sandy highway for travel as directed
by the court.
William Davidson has planned an
unique trip, on which he and several
friends Will start to-morrow after-noon
at 2 o'clock. Davidson .alls the
trip a "gypsy's tour" and It ts well
name,!, as Hill and his friends con-template
,hiving to Lancaster and re-turn
in a dearborn wagon. Davidson
lias pur, based a good black horse and
the party have hired a tent in which
they will camp over night. The trip
will consume about two weeks and
much sport is promised. Although
the "gypsies" have no gaily painted
hoase-wagon. nor any fortune teller
In their party, Davidson says he ex-pects
to make several good horse
deals while on the trip. He will be
accompanied by Robert and Samuel
McFarland. The party expect to
reach Dowingtown by Saturday and
William McFarland will Join the par-ty
there.
That the honor rule, as applied to
motoring, is a failure, was the decis-ion
of the commissioners of White-marsh
township yesterday, when they
■** I that hereafter the roads of
that section must be policed to pro-ted
pedestrians Irom Speeding auto-mobiles.
Accordingly, .lames Gihnore, who
did much to click the scorching nul-
: ;"" ' be the honor rule was put
into effect, was authorized to take up
We work again and h) make use of
the law to bring offenders to justice.
Some time ago it was decided t<
move espionage from the Whltem irsh
roads and to trust to the fairness of
tin automobillsl thai the .-: i
laws i sd. This, the con i
Bloners Bay, the motorists have not
11 • They declare that men. «■, „
and children are jeoparded by the
reckless driving of automobUtsts,
many of whom are from Philadelphia.
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
ABOUT POISON IVY
Were you ever poisoned by poison
Ivyt No? Then be glad! Also
learn to recognize poison Ivy when
you see It. You are likely to run
up against it at a picnic or during a
stroll through the woods this summer.
Poison Ivy is the most widespread
of all poisonous plants. It (dings by
Its stem rootlets to trees, shrubs and
fences, and Is found growing along the
borders of woods. In open brush,
spring up In the grass and spreading
rapidly by means of Its running root-stock.
There are a few persons who can
handle the plant with Impunity, but
to the large majority consequences
more or less serious are liable to fol-low.
Why not smoke Havana Ciga
Puro.
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LADIES' AND GENTS'
TAILORING
9 West Elm Street.
Conshohocken. Pa.
c s. civil Service examinations
announced for the purpose oi secur-ing
eligtbles for the vacancies here-imder.
Lose Dp time in obtaining ap-plication
blanks from Secretary .1. I.
Vogel United states civil Service
Hoard ol Examiners, PoetOfflcc Build-ing.
Philadelphia.
CLINICAL DIRBCTOfi, in the C.ov-ernment
Hospital for the Insane, at
W a year, examination August 26.
ASSISTANT SURGEON imale), in
the Freedman's Hospital, at $ir>00 a
year. Examination September 2-8.
EXAMINATION OF ACCOUNTS, in
the Division of Accounts. Interstate
Commerce Commission, at $isoo to
$3000 a year.
CIVIL .ENGINEER and Superinten-dent
Of Construction, in Quartermas-ters
Department at Large, New I,on-don,
Conn., at $lf>00 a year. Examina-tion
September 9-10.
CHIEF VETERINARIAN In the
Philippine Service, at 13000 a year.
Examination August si.
III.IK-PRINTER in the Bureau of
Equipment, Navj Department, at $600
a year. Examination September 16.
VETERINARIAN in the Quarter-master's
Department at Large, Phil-ippine
Islands, at 11200 a year. Ex-amination
September 16.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
of Nurses (female) in the Freedman's
Hospital. Washington. D. C, at $480
a year. Examination September 16.
WRITER OP SPECIFICATIONS
AND COMPUTER in the office of the
Quai terir.aster General at Washington,
at $1200 a year. Examination Septem-ber
16.
BUSINESS TEACHER In the In-dian
School at Carlisle, at $1000 a
year. Examination September 3-4.
CIVIL ENGINEER in the Philippine
Service at an entrance salary of $1100
a year. Examination September 16-17.
YOU CAN BUY
All the Standard Brands of Choice
Whiskies, Wines and Gine at
TALONE'S WHOLESALE
LIQUOR STORE
Elm Street.
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