The Conshohocken Recorder, December 4, 1908

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
4451 CONSHOHOCKEN-PA. FRIDAY DECEMBER* 1008 .$1 PER YEAR
CHARLES
HEBER(LARK
WILL ADDRESS MEN'S CLUB OF
CALVARY PARISH MONDAY
EVENING.
Monday, December 7th, the Men's
Club will have its monthly meeting in
the Pariah House of Calvary Church.
It Will be the last oil" tor 11*08 and of
the second year ol the club. The
club will i"' two years old the Brat
Monday ol January, and during this
time some ol the most prominent men
and speakers of the countrj havi been
entertained, it baa had a most unus-ual
growth and popularity. It has
found a place In the.life of the men
in Conshohocken.
Every man in the borough, no mat-ter
v. hat his religious faith might be.
should belong. It affords the best ad-dresses
from men who are doing the
"World's Work." If gives entertain-ment,
it satisfies with eigars and
light refreshments. All that the'big
clubs of the cttj give on big nights
Is given to the members and friends
of the Men's club ot Calvarj Parish.
Mr. Charles Heber Clark, known to
u all for his exceptional ability, will
address the Club Monday night on
"The Interior Waterways along the
Atlantic Coast." lie has large maps
with which to illustrate. He is a
mi tuber of the committee appointed
by the government. He delivers the
same address to tin prominent men of
Philadelphia on Fridaj night it hi a
BUbjeci ol vital Interest ami one that
must be BO1V< d tor the future pros-ol
'iiiiiiic a Industries, it in-terests
you. It interests each and all.
Von are invited.
important a part in the expense ac-counts
of the American farmer and
manufacturer, yet figures compiled by
the Census in co-operation with the
United States Forest Service develop
this interesting truth. Moreover,
statistics taken directly from reports
from itaO cooperage mills in all parts
of the United States show an Increase.
or 11,(69,688, or II per cent, in the
vailue of last year's product over that
of the previous year.
In distinct contrast to tight coap-stock,
which in the main re-quires
oak timber for its raw material.
.lark cooperage stock, particularly
staves and heading, utilized in greater
.or less degree, most of the commer
clallj Important trees In the country,
and for this reason its manufacture
was tar more widely distributed than
is the case with that of tight cooper
age stock. Twenty-one species of
wood contributed to the total slack
stave production last year. Nearly
two-thirds of the output, however, was
manufactured from 'he four species.
red, ruin. pine, elm and beech, in the
order named.
The figures disclose an interesting
movement in the Industry in the sub-stitution
of lesB expensive woods for
those which for many years were
drawn upon most heavily for slack
stave material, but which, owing to
mowing scarcity and advancing cost,
are rapidly being displaced. In 1900
elm stales were manufactured in larg-er
Quantities than thus.' iidin an] oth-er
wood, and constituted nearly one-fourth
of the total production for that
year, with pine and red gum occupying
second and third places, respectively.
i.ast year gum jumped to iirst place,
A GROWING PLANT
A GREAT ADDITION TO THE LEE
PLANT.
The following letters from the Wal-ter
I'. Ware Company and the .1. Bll-wood
Lee Compao) are of great Inter-est
and importance to Conshohocken
and explain themselves:
Philadelphia, Nov. 23, 1908.
To our Friends and Customers.
We beg to nol'v sou that we have
sold this da) our complete elastic Hos-iery,
miss ami supporter departments
Including orders on hand, stuck, ma
ohlnery .etc., to the J. Eulwood Lee
Company, of Conshohocken, Pa., who
will continue to manufacture these
good.- under the names ol Ware's Klas-tic
Hosiery and Wares Supporters.
We have been authorised to state
that the employees of the Walter P.
Ware Company in these departments
have been engaged by the Lee Com-pany
and'will accompany the machin-ery
to Conshohocken, where the goods
will be made Identically the same and
at the same prices as formerly fur-nished
by the Ware Company.
We shall be pleased to have you
give your business in the lines men-tioned,
in the future, to our BUCCea
sors In these departments.
Truly yours,
THE WALTER P. WARD CO.,
Conshohocken, Nov. 88, 1908.
We beg to confirm the letter en-closed,
containing the announce mem
by Mr. Ware of our purchase of the
entire elastic hosiery, truss and sup
MANSION DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Homestead of W. W. Potts Near
Swedeiand. Burned lo trie Ground.
The old colonial mansion owned by
W. v.. Potts, along the line ol tb
Swedeiand trollej between
ami Swedeiand, was eutln ly consumed
by lire shortly after '■'• o'clock Tues-day
morning. The Bra was discovered
in the rear ol the budding, which is a
atone structure, b) neighbors who
notified the superintendent of Heck'
scher furnace and he telephoned to the
home of Mr. Potts In Norristown, and
then asked the Bridgeport Fire Com
pany for aid.
Owing to the tact that there is no
water supply in that vicinity for such
an emergency a fire company was of
little use and the neighbors could not
do anything to stop the progress of
the dames with the meagre suppl] of
water from a nearby well.
The building hail been occupied un
til about two weeks ago at which time
a family named A. T*f. Reed, who lived
there, moved to Fourth street, Bridge-port,
since which time the place ha-
.been vacant.
Investigation by Mr. Potts failed
to reveal any known cause for the
origin of the flames unless they were
caused by tramps who had gained ac-cess
to the rear part of the building
and had built a fire which got beyond
their control during the night and set
Are to the structure.
The old mansion which had become
I landmark In that locality was erect-ed
by Robert T. Potts, father of the
present owner, about 1835, at which
time he operated the furnaces now
controlled by the Heckscher ana.
About a year ago W. W. Potts and
wife moved to 901 Swede street, No*
rlstown, leaving the old home where-in
he was born .0 years ago. with
man\ regrets. The building was a
three st jry structure containing 16
rooms with a stable in the rear, Which
escaped the llanies owing to the wind
blowing in an opposite direction.
Nothing remains of the old home
to-day except the walls, and coinci-dent
with the destruction of the home
it occurred on the seventieth anniver-sary
of Mr. Potts's birth.
porter business, heretofore conducted
Pine ,o second, while dm, with a fall- >'■' Th" Walter P. Ware Company, at
in.. ,„■,- ol :;,, ,„.,. ,., I:, iH production. IBM Spring Street, Philadelphia, and
dropped to third place. Beech, ma :ils" '" ,,le *&> of Chicago, Illinois.
MILLIONS OF BARRELS
Washington, Nov. 25, 1908.
The farmer with his potatoes and
his apples, the miller with his (lour
anil meal, the hardware man with his
nails, the cement manufacturer, and
the many other users of the faithful
slack barrel, that combination of
staves, hoops and heading, which is
not Intended to hold water or some-thing
stronger in fluid form, used for-est
products last year having the en-ormous
value of $15,800,253.
The average man would little sus-pect
that the humble barrel plays so
pie, sprue . chestnut and ash followed
in the order named.
While slack slave and heading pro-duction
was reported last year from
practicall] all the states engaged in
the manufacture ol lumber, a consider-able
percentage of the stock, in fact,
being turned oul as a byproduct of
lumber, the Industry was io an extent
localized, the liw states of Pennsylva-nia.
Missouri. Michigan, Arkansas and
Virginia, in the order named, con-tributing
65.8 pi i e ut of the total
production. The distribution of the
industry of hoop manufacture is much
more limited that that of staves and
heading, and is due primarily to the
fact that this commodity is made
chiefly from elm timber. Ohio led in
the quantity of hoops manufactured,
closely followed by Indiana, the output
of these two forming H7.3 per cent of
the total production.
CALVARY CHURCH NOTES
Sunday will be the last for holding
services in the Parish House. Thurs-day.
December 10th. at 8 P. M., the
church will be reopened. It has been
redecorated and Is most beautiful and
admired by all who have seen it.
The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D. D.,
1.1..I)., will preach the sermon. He is
well known and much admired in Con-shohocken.
All are Interested.
A window in memory of Rev. A. B.
Atkins, D. D.. will be unveiled. Dr.
Atkins was a former rector of the
Parish and much beloved. The church
was built during his administration
and It is fitting at this time to remem-ber
him who did so much for Calvary
Church. This is to be given by Mrs.
McCord's Sunduy School class, the
members of which were nearly all bap-tized
by him.
The college bazaar and BUPpei was
a great success. Onlv words of praise
nave been upon the lips .of all. It
was profitable. The Woman's Guild,
Mrs. John Wood. Jr.. and her many
aides, cust receive most hearty con-gratulations.
Many visitors from out
of town were present and they also
were loud In their praises.
Holy Baptism will he administered
in the church Sunday, December 20th,
at 3.30 P. M.. Holy Communion
with praise and thanksgiving will be
administered at 7.30 and 10.30 Sun-day,
December 13th, The first In the
redecorated church.
Lane's Family Medicine is a tonic-laxative.
It does not depress or weak-en,
but Imparts a feeling of buoyan-
C] and strength that is delightful. At
all druggists 25c.
YOU CAN BUY
All the Standard Brands of Choice
Whiskies, Wines and Gins at
TALONE'S WHOLESALE
LIQUOR STORE
Elm Street
This purchase and removal to Con-shohocken
Includes not only the ma
• hint ry, stocks and materials on hand.
bUi also the goodwill, patents, and all
S/hlcb goes tO make up the business,
We wish to assure the patrons of
The waiter p. Ware Company thai
Wi i' ill manufacture the complete
Ware line in all the qualities and num
In rs, and tO distinguish them from the
nt line of the J. Kllwood Lee Com
pany they shall be known as the_
"Ware" Hosiery. "Ware" Supporters,
etc.
It may not be generally known, but
The Walter F. Ware Company enjoy-ed
the distinction of being the lai
manufacturer of elastic hosiery in
this country. It is therefore obvious
to the trade that by this purchase and
consideration with our large business,
we have become the greatest factor
In this line in the world; with pa-tronage
and facilities enabling us to
buy our supplies in large quantities
and to produce the best quality of
goods at the lowest price; all of which
shall accrue to the benefit of our cus-tomers.
We would therefore ask the former
patrons of The Walter F. Ware Com-pany
for a continuance of their busi-ness,
and from our own customers we
shall hope for orders for goods in the
new Ware line; feeling confident that
we can assure all perfect satisfaction
as our usual guarantee goes with ev-ery
article.
Very truly yours,
J. ELLWOOD LEE CO.
JURY LIST
The following is the list of jurors
for the Court, which begins on Mon-day:
BISHOP KENNEDY HERE
Rector of the American College
Comes to Visit Family.
Bishop Kennedy, rector ol the Amen
nan College, Rome, la visiting in this
borough. He reached New York on
the Kaiser Wilhelm 11 from Cherbourg,
and came to this borough Tueadaj
night, at least a week earlier than WSJ
expected.
The Bishop's visit is purely a pri-vate
one to his family in Conshohock
en and to his friends. He will remain
in this country until after the new
year. His headquarters In Philadel-phia
will be at St. John the Evange-lists's,
where he will pontificate at
Solemn High Mass on the feast of the
church's patron saint, Sunday, Decem-ber
27.
Bishop Kennedy was born in Con-shohocken.
He was ordained to the
priesthood in 1887. At the time of his
appointment to the rectorate of the
American College, Rome, in 1901. he
was professor of dogmatic theology in
Overbrook Seminary. In 1902 he was
made a domestic prelate of the Pope,
with the title of monslgnor, and last
year Pius X named him tituar bishop
of Adrianapolls.
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Dolls, coaches and toys at Kehoe's.
Hector street.
Nortstown, Nov. 9th tSp cial)
sin riff Buckley and jury Commis-sioners
Morlarlt) and w. s. Triol,
drew the following jurors tO-d.' . to
at th< Hi comber term of Court:
ORAND JURY, DEC. 7th
.lames Atkinson. Conshohocki ,i. ,
Alvin Adam, Upper Hanover.
II. ('. ISateman. I'pper llanovi r.
•i. L. Buckwalti r, Stclppack,
B. Iloore. Ahiugton.
Joseph Brown, Hatboro.
Wallace Bra Iford, Potstown,
.1. L. Cunningham, Norristown.
Elmer Dugan, Whltemarsh.
Philip Dowd, Norristown.
.1. K. Detwiler. Sotidei ton.
Nathan K. Pair, Norristown.
Montg. Prick, Limerick.
Linden H. dibble, Pottstown.
Daniel Gilbert. West Conshohocken.
H. L. Hedrick, Bedford.
Paul Johnson. Conshohocken.
O. l.essii;. Upper Pottsgrove.
M. L. Muny, Lower Merlon.
Harry Moaer, Norristown.
Neil Nugent. Cheltenham.
John W. O'Neill, Norristown.
Ed. Stillwagon, Up. Dublin.
John II. Walt, Norristown.
PETIT JURORS, DEC. 7th
W. P. Albrecht, Springfield.
L. N. Allen, Narberth.
W. K. Allott. Narberth.
George Asherolt. Norristown.
Isaac Brooke, Pottstown.
J. Blake, Sr., Cheltenham.
J. Biggans. Lower Providence.
W. S. Baker. Pottstown.
II. A. Butler, Lower M-rion.
C. D. Barney, Cheltenham.
John H. Bickel, Pottstown.
Jacob Bolton. Frederick
S. B. Bechtel. Douglas,
w. u. Barber, Bridgeport.
s. Brandhurst, Noi rlstown.
D. Beyer, Norristown.
H. Beemer, Norristown. *
P. P. Cassel, Hatfleld.
Al. Chase. West Consholiockeu.
JT. Cai stains. I.. Morion.
I'vrus Ilatlield. Pottstown.
F. B. Cassel, Norristown.
R. A. Crozer, Pottstown.
G. F. Craig, Lower Merion.
-I. L. Deastine. Franconia.
J. J. Durham, Lower Merlon.
II Detterline, Norristown.
David Derr, Conshohocken.
F. Dennison, Abington.
George Dull, Norristown.
Wm. II. Evans, Norristown.
Edwin ii. Krdinan. ES. Qreenvllle.
it. T. Elliott, Conshohocken.
J. O. Joering, L. Merion.
W. W. Freyling, Lansdale.
Samuel Faust, Frederick.
H. D. Gilbert. Pottstown.
W. S. Garnett. I'pper Merion.
Roy A. Hatfleld, Norristown.
Thomas Harley. Norristown.
Jacob W. Horner, Limerick.
W. R. Holloway, Norristown.
D. W. Himes, Pottstown.
J. J. Hlllegass, E. Greenville.
Harry 1). Hall, L, Pottsgrove.
E. L. Hiltner, Norristown.
Wm. S. Jones, Douglass.
Theodore Jacobs, Norristown.
H. W. Klein, Upper Salford.
T. F. Kindergan, Conshohocken.
.Marvin Kindig, Ambler.
Wm. E. Koch, Pottstown.
D. W. Longacre, Norristown.
Wm. B. Musser, L. Merlon.
D. J. Nolan. Moreland.
Howard Peck, Marlboro.
J. Pennypacker, Perklomen.
S. Roberts, Conshohocken.
10. Rhoades, Norristown.
Irvin A. Rent, Skippack.
Frank Rogan. Bridgeport.
Arthur K. Itoliinson. Plymouth.
H. J. Supplee, Upper Merion.
William Sheppard, Plymouth.
Albert Shook, Whitpain.
M. L. Salllday. L. Gwynedd.
Charles Tauter, Norristown.
James Warner. Springfield.
.Thomas B. Wilson, L. Providence.
Grant Webster, Abington.
William W. Weaver, Red Hill.
A. A. Yerkes, Abington.
TRAVERSE JURY, DEC. I;
G. C. .Anderson. Lower Merion.
H. K. Alderfer, Franconia.
Thomas Anderson, Rockledge.
Win. Adair, Upper Gwynedd.
John Alexander, Jenkintown.
Amos Albertson, Norristown.
A. L. Alnian, Springfield.
D. B. Alderfer, L. Salford.
James But/., Upper Hanover.
William Bauman, Schwenksvil'e.
Enos H. Brandt, Souderton.
James Birmingham, Norristown.
(Continued on Page 8.)
SEVEN HELD FOR TRIAL
Youthful Conshohockenites Must An-swer
for Stealing From Car.
Magistrate 0. P. Lenhardt's court
room In Norristown presented B busy
scene yesterday when two Important
larceny oases "ere heard and when
Officers testilied that the] had round-ed
up the principals in the petty theft
cases of both Norristown and Consho
en.
The Brsl case called was thai
against Prank .lacquitli. Earl Hall.
William Wiliung ami Joseph Leonard,
Conshohocken youths. The] were
charged with breaking open a freight
car on the Reading Railway near this
igh and stealing a i ase ol cigars.
it was alw charged that Walter Mur-phy,
another youth, had skipped out
and that the officers had not yet lo-cated
him. The testimony was of
BUCh a nature that all of tin d< ten
dants were held for trial at the next
term of court. l.eonard secured a
bondsman in the sum of $400 but the
other lads were committed to Jail.
Salvatore Rego. the East Main
Street, Norristown, junk dealer, who
was arrested several days ago. was
then arraigned on ti ■■ charge of re-ceiving
stolen property. Officers Cor-rlgan
and Slsson of the Norristown
police lone and Officer Phlpps, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, testified to
Inning made a search of Rego's nouse.
They had found brajs hidden beneath
Che Boor of bis stable and also under
the Boor Of his chicken coop. Bras*
was also found hidden In other por-tions
ol the home.
The braes which wai on exhibition
in tiie 'Squire's office was Identified
by employes ol the Merion i |me Com
pan] tie1 Mico> Lime Compan) and
Jam* B l.ees Company and William
QotwalB a dealer In scrap iron. These
v. itnes, i, ,-iiiii ,i thai brass had
stolen at various periods during the
past six w< eki i their
uce the various companies have
lost si veral hundn d dollars' ■ 01 th of
metal.
During Rego's hearing it develop
ed thai Peter Heslin and Patrick
Travers, who wen' committed to jail
a week ago on the charge of drunk-enness,
would be ' hargi d with the
theft ot the brass. Both young men
were arraigned before the justice and
it was testilied that , they had been
seen In the vicinity ol the places
where the thefts had been committed.
They WOUld make no statements,
however. At the conclusion of their
bearing the justice committed each to
jail in default of $1000 ball. It.'go
was commit ted to Jail in default of
|1500 ball. All three win be arraig-ned
for trial at next week's term of
court.
JEWELRY
STORE ROBBED
JEWELER F. B. RIGHTER TELLS
OF THE ROBBERY AT HIS STORE
ON WEDNESDAY MORNINS.
A representative of the Recorder In-terviewed
Frederick Rightcr, the Fa-yettS
street jeweler, thlfl morning.
legai,ling the robbery ol his storeear-
I) Wednesdaj morning, Mr. Righter
said:
"i left mj .-.tore at 11.20 o'ctoi k on
Tueadaj night, and locked both ;■
Of the front door. I walked Up a
as the Pennsylvania railroad bridge
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
An Important Meeting on Wednesday
Afternoon.
•
An Important business meeting of
the Norristown and Collegevllle Wo-man
Suffrage Association was held in
Y. M. 0. A. Parlor. Norristown, on
Wednesday afternoon.
The plan of work adopted at the
Stale ( 'un en; urn held recently in
Norristown, was read, and committees
appointed on church work, education,
legislation, literature, peace, petitions
and press.
A committee was aiso appointed to
try to secure the nomination of wom-en
on the school boards.
It was decided to hold a special
meeting in .January devoted to the
subject of Child Labor.
Three new names were added to th '
list of members.
Upon motion 11 was decided to have]
a Valentine party in February for tbej
benefit of the Anthony Woman Suff-rage
Fund.
Letters were read from Mrs. Rachel
Poster Avery, of Swarthmore. Mrs.
Edward Btddle, of Carlisle, and Mrs.
Frank Miles Day, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Livezey gave a brief report
of a "Reciprocity Day." given by the
Wayne Saturday Club, to which the
Suffrage Club had been Invited.
It was thought that the State Con-vention
held in Norristown. was a
very successful one, and Special men-tion
was made of the good newspaper
reports ol the meetings, BomS notes
from the National Convention in Buf-falo
were given. This was consid
ered the best one ever held, both in
the brilliancy of the speakers ami in
the attendance; while the Buffalo pa-pers
gave fine reports.
and turned back and tried the door to
■ are it was locked, and found it
so. Between one and two o'<
Wednesday morning I was called Dp
to come to the store as burglars had
been there. When I arrived I taw
Watchman Harrold ami we entered
the store to see what had been taken.
We found everything Just as I had
left it except ■ chair in the work-room
which flail been moved, and that
the money I had left In the money
drawer had been taken," Conttn
; Mr, Rlgbter said:
"On Saturday, November 81st, an
Italian, about 6 Teet 10 inches tall.
wearing a small mustache with curled
tips, well dressed and wearing I der-by
hat, and appeared like a man who
: did no laborious work, came to my
• shop with a very cheap watch, which
lie wanted repaired. I took the watch
land left it in my work-room. Karly
Monday morning the man called for
his watch but ii was noi ready and
Ihe has called ever] daj since until
last Wednesday and he lias not been
here since, ami the description ol the
man Officer Harrold gives me of the
inan he tried to arrest, tal
ly with tins man "
Mr, i aid tl Information of
the robber] given him was as fol-low
B: "Watchman Harrold told me
'that while making his rounds up the
street he tried my door, as usual, and
toiled it locked, and on his next round
he Hied it again and found it open.
and B8W B man stooping down by the
safe. Thinking ii was I. In called
out. "Hello! what are you doing here?"
The man arose and walked toward
Harrold and upon gelling on the side-walk
the officer saw his mistake and
grabbed hold of him and drew his re-volver,
The man broke loose and ran
up Marble street, while the officer
dreVi his revolver but owing to a
broken spring the gun failed to shoot
and the robber made good his escape.
The officer succeeded in firing his gun
later, to attract the attention of the
other officers."
Mr. Righter examined the officer's
gun and found the spring broken as
stated, and which made the firing of
the gun unreliable.
Mr. Righter states that if he .sees
the man again, who Is under susplc
Ion. he can positively Identify him.
The stock in the store, the chairs
and cases were all in order and the
safe shows no signs of having been
tampered with.
The burglar was evidently a rank
amateur or he would have filled his
pockets with goods which would have
netted him a sum in any pawn shop
far greater than the till might contain.
S. R. O. AT
LITTLE'S OPERA HOUSE
Christmas novelties and toys of all
kinds at Kehoe's, Hector street.
Moving pictures of the highest
grade with all their modern adjuncts
and improvements sin ta as special mu-
-e ; n.i lectures are together with rs
lined vaudeville, drawing record
crowds to Little's Opera House.
Plenty of genuine comedy, not
merely the slapstick variety, is al-days
provided by the management in
addition to the other program. The
quality of moving pictures, which have
recently shown such marked improve
ment, is seen at its best at this thea-tre,
which has deservedly become a
favorite with the best elements In the
city.
A full line of Christmas tree orna-ments
at Kehoe's, Hector street, oppo.
School.
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