The Conshohocken Recorder, March 6, 1928

              ®!je Consljoljockcn ficcorfocr
l;.lal.lihli.il IH6<). NIL 6l:il. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, MAHCII (,. l<)28. PRICE TWO (IMS
TO BE BURIED WITH
John Baker Had a Brilliant
War Record—A. L Will
Attend Funeral
HOTELMAN DIES
Wm. Keefe Dies in Hospital
After an Operation.—
Other Deaths
(taker I'IVII Wnr Veteran,
HI.- (BBg ■-il. | of till'
Johr
an.I a
vicinity, died in .Moiitcnmory
pllal, Norristown, enrly Saturday
morninr. «» the renuJt of Injuries
nuntulni'd .11 | f.i'l down ■< th, M
of Malm ivli. .1 stricken with
pnrnlyniw ni th.. home of bin dauxh-ter.
Mn Franklin Tharnaa, 1!<>*'
riint Tenth avenue, with whom he
resided for the punt severu! peara
Deceased wan stricken on Febru-ary
21 and in falling fractured »
number of ribs. I..■•■■!■ h. aavgbMB
al pneumonia and his lOlafllllOll
became fTltlnal Oa BOAdny ni
lust ww>k In* wn* NnWld to tan
hospital bff hln itrnndnun 1 ■"!■;.tikini
Thomas ftU In the ntntiulan. .• of
C'onahohocken Fin- ("nmnnny No 2.
in hope that ronntnnt cart- by
trained nurnen would remote Ma
health, hut due to his ailv.ini.d
years and w.uken.il condition he
Brew gradually woras until hla
death.
Deceased wu the Km of the laU
John nnd Ilcbeira linker. was
born at Cold Point. Plymouth
township. 89 years afto next
AUKUHT. He spent hln early yearn
nt lil« home mid KM noon us he wuv
old enouRh obtained, work In the
Corson'n Hmn qunrrle* m OanOOfl
Mint Son and Inter hecnnie n lime
burner.
When the cull to arms wns issued
nt th- breaking out of the Civil
Wnr In IhJI, John Bnker wan one
of the first to offer his services to
his country" He nerved In a.
number of Important engagements
and ww captured at the
Hut Ik- of Chancellornvillc and con-fined
for a lime in tha
ri while marching with hla
regiment wan slrui k In the face
with, nn enemy outlet The pallet
araSed his face Infill tins ft fleah
wound and tore off the end of hln
none and killed ■ noldter walking
alongside of younir Baker.
While engaged nn a scout on ■
boat on the ,l,mv ■ Itlver the en-emy
attacked their boat. Baker,
who wan doing night duty. WM
nnleep clone beside a gun on the
boat at the time of the attark.
The (!Un on the bout IQtUIOOd tha
fh- and HM i-xploniqn of the gun
burnt Bukers enr drtimn and left
iiliii hard of hearing tiie rent of hiw
life.
At the time of the rapture Of
Jefferson Davia Young Baker waa
detulled aa'one of the guards to
wateh over him]
At the end of the war he re-turned
to t'nld Point where he re-named
hla duties an ■ lime burner
in the Coraon quarries, and ron-tliiund
in thin poaltlon until hln re-tirement
from native <•■■■■
yenra ago. Since then he hna
made hla home with hln daughter
Mm. Thoman.
Deceased won ■ -ember of Retty
Jonas Port. No. 12 (i A It . of
Itnxhurough: Washington ('.nop,
p. ct B. of A. of Cold Point; H. ii
derlon Circle. Brotherhood of Am-erica,
Cold Point: and Connho-
I- i ken l«»lK". Independent Order
of Odd Fellow*. He attended tin
Odd Feiiown' purnde in eaamontlon
with) the Beniiut-Ceiiti-nnl.il Phil-adelphia,
in lPifi. and wan tho old-eat
Odd Fellow in the Hue or
parade.
Hln eole aurvlvor 1" hln daughter,
■n, wlfa of Franklin Thomas, Br.,
of Baat Tenth uv-ruie
Deoaaaed Wltl be burled with full
military honora conducted by
Jon v Dtftevan Pi it Amortann
L*«ion. tomorrow afternoon, from
the Thomun homo Sirvnen will
}:■ I'olldUcteil at th<' ftOUM ill tWO
rfeloak in charge of R«* l> X
Draper, iwntor ia' tha Plymouth
Fnlted Kvnnitelb-.il ■ tiurch, of
which deceased wax for many
yearn a piember. Interment will
be made In Cold 1'oint lemetery
William J. Kaafa
Following an lltnenn ..f t hi M
waoka William J.. baabaad of Cath-erlnr
Keefe. proprietor of | si. u-at
the corner of Spring Mill ave-nue
and Poplar ntr- t. <li,-i in RI
M.iryn honpttnl. PhiUdolpbl*. on
hturdoty «t complications follow-ing
nn operation.
Decviiaed. the son of too h*M
David and Hury Keefe, ni born
In thin borough fifty-throe yentn
ago mid him npent hln i-nn'e life
here He uttended Bt. Mntthcw'n
nchoot. For a number of years he
c.inducted tha hotel nt the corner
of Kim and Cherry streetn but re-tired
after the Prohibition law
went Into affect. About three years
ago he purchaeed tha Ford hotel
property at the corner of Spring
Mill avenue and Poplar street, and
altar extensive alteratlona opened
(Continued on Page Two)
Field Kir. ftwPRIEST AND DOCTOR
Firtmen Fight Thrsa Field First i
24 Hours.
'he lire i«|«lrU I
' night,
.'tl ■ fell, • ..f Sl\tll
■nue ami I WM dai>
ered to I H fire. When the
, i ■ .. | laajaaj mn
aptfdy Mtlni thatr wa>
... . . ■
in. blana witb »'«»t gtlgbi dwnMje
Bhortl) Rftnr eleven o*o)oek this
mornuu an aJarn af Bra anaanton*
II tinmen M Thirl ii venue and
it atrawi arbon
niginK The [|i> BBtwad with nitch
rapidity that it ooaunualeatad with
'.Mil-tore OH ItM P o|.el!>
PhJttp Flurenilno. Noiwuo-nliillilllig
tlM llieineii We:e using
fiom the hydrant at
Third avenua and Wood
iMiiig wan totnll] daatm . ■ -\ The
,;lit tha bt.iKe uliout .ill
fara n wat tinniiy ■ atla
■i n wars at lie
Third avanva and Wood
"HI abum m 11.40 o'clock
IP .1 thi in to the rear of the
home of John " Neill, Tlilrte.iuli
i vi nue ..ii-t I
!< Id tiie waa nafaaaf. Etotb
companies renponded.
Ban Hln' < ,olii|i:in> sin
hentlng out the fire before It eOea-lunleated
with any of the aor-rounding
at
OF
Democratic Candidates?
Three Parked Cars and
Bicycle Stolen Over
Week-End
RECOVER THREE CARS
IviilU- I
bliUe i.t
Packard Sedan Stolen in
Norristown—No Trace o(
Priest's Car
m FOR BOYS'
B
Community Center Invites
Organization to Join in
Celebrating Week for Boys
—Troop of Girl Scouts Or.
ganized.
otttdoot life and tha pb
bolda for the younnntern tn nut to
as BtaaMnpoHaad i>\ tha boya. Bdlth,
il.< NI, lit' ■! of rouni'llniiin Oaonr
Lobb, of tha Third 'v.-ir<i i> is b< i n
very intOTeetod fn tiie BooM ai-tlvi-tlen
ami knowing the fun the boya
.ire bnvbai dw hlad tha girla ahouid
also enji.v the plaaatiraa af ontdooi
tfa MM "1'iit iimaai bar gb i
frianda and aaawd tiieir opinion aa
to nrganlslag a troop of Olrl Bconta
here under the aponm
gtele
»f a
troop and a lender waa aaJSM'in In
the person of Mm Henry Holllns.
of Waal Tenth tvenoe Him RoHhaa
baa onOad a aaaallna for tM thla
aflarnooa la ana Parb aavanr far
UM BUipaai of '"' '"Ink- nn orciml-aattoa
:i n.i ataotifia ofBoi H AJ8
Klrln of tha ' '■■iiiiniinltv r.-nier- In--
twaan the anna <•! u and w yenra
ara aUsibla ta fofn
Boys' Week.
' I'iirties of the Com-munity
Cantor, baa railed a meeting
for Thursday evening. Iti II' Pnrfe,
iii'iine. for Hie pawpoaa of Planning*
ni-tlvltles f.'i Boya' Waah, May e to
tfl Rapraaanutlvaa frolh lh« Busl-n-
HM fetan'i Aaaonlatlon. Hotary
''lub Anii'ileiin Legion, Veterans of
Foreign VV.IIM. I'uhlle Babjoota St
Matthaw'a and Bt Hary*a m-hoois.
West Connhotimken nchools and
tbfl Bo) Sioutn iinve been invited
to attend tha i Una and aid In
formulating pinna for the week.
It in propoand UuM tha aeUvffJaa
abooM baaiudn rtuontionaJ activi-
Hen for boyi I Mrbla i"Uin.iiiient.
barmonb i oonti it, haaania hunt.
■OOUI aitivitlen.
Thraa antornoWlaa and a bbqnih
were ntolen in thin borottfjfe ovi r
Hi" wi. k anal Two of 'i"- onm
..i .1 :iinl an automobile
in Nilrrlntown wan re~
. i.. ad bj i-
Tb.- Willys-Knight sedan be-l.-
iiglnK to Dr Bhnrod If. Cooper,
uaad in iiin pmetiea, was ntoten
from in front of Ma afwna, IU Bant
I iftli a I alllia. between 7.10 nnd S.SO
.i iioi k Balm day asnnsfnc. Tha
i an car In
front of his property during his
Bfnaa hour* and during the hours a
large numb'r of patient* enme and
left the ofTice. When the physician
went to gel lib; car lii| found it had
baaa stolen. The thief, however,
showed some consideration for the
physician for before driving off in
the car. he lifted a case of surgical
Instruments from tha machine and
placed It on tho curb.
The machine wan recovered on
Buadaj looming in Norristown by
tha poUea of that bntwunh)
i u had evidently ben driven for|
some hours before being nhutnl■>ii.-il
JIM the w ■' I oiled until
tha rnduaUnr amn <iry Tin- battaaw
was run down.
Stole Pnsst's Car
Hunduy aftaraaWM It'-v KrnncliK
I' Hoiv. chaplain nt the Kastern
Penitentiary, came here to vlalt bis
nn.tin r. won raafdna a1 the oarner
of WtaahinnTton ami Porraal atrteta
..ii,I pnrfcadl his Chrynler crxtch In
front of the Imune. Whi
his mother shortly after nine o1-
clock to return to his home bo
found the car missing The matter
I
I SYSTEM
WEST SHE
School Board May Instal1
System Next Term.—Sup't
to Give Plans
TO ELECT TEACHERS
Faculty Will be Selected for
Next Year in April.—Over-crowded
Grades
WWCAWMI
Th* four presidential possibilities for the Democratic nomination,
ITiowemor Alfred Kinaouc] Smith of New York. Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, Governor
Albert C Kiutm of Maryland.
INSANE R'GITIVE THIEVES USE AXE TO
t,.'r Swedeland Man, With Rec- Graeber Machine Shop Rob-ord
of Escapes From State bed.—Steal Many Small
Hospital, Arrested in Chi-caao
Charged With High-way
Robbery.
Tools.— Chop Way Into
Shop.—Second Robbery in
Two Weeks.
i • Ihnan. warden
cnunly prhnon ;nnl Hi Mill.
Intandani of tha Bi ita ho
Norrl.itiwn. have leeeivi
■■ id, aon
I chui
„r the s*or tii- third t-naa arithli
nip« paai Fan «--ekM tha Oraabai
pltaJ, > china Worhn, bwatad In i»i" of tha
i word former Hall oarpat mill on ininn
and Operatad by Frank Graeber,
linn atal)
The police drovi the po
Into Kent tUcvcnlli nveoui- and t..'
wheels sank so deep In the nun!
aa had t.- be left there |
■ iday mornlnir when It j
wan rescued by men tin 0
and nni buranarh truck.
Paanftn tha aiajll of the poUoaj
mlnslnR
cur waa found.
Ford Roadster Stolen
A Ford roadster. beloriKiiit.- to
Michael Dennia. of Maple street.
was reported to tha poltoa ns hav
hua been arrested In Chlonajo, Center K(|uaie, was broken Into
eharn'il with highway robbery aomaUnui between Saturday after
Graff has a r sord for aaeapaa and noon and Monday mornlnjt and ;
robbery In JaaVlnyy 1M«, he wan quantity of toola ntolen. The rob
• ■i the eharas "t robbtnc bery nnm dlaoovaradr by Mr. Oraaber
■ ai Brldaeporl n.- wan yaaterday uiorninc when ha arrived
tried nnd foand BllUty. »e wns sen- ut hla place Of business,
■ 7 yenrs for felon-! Accesn to the pln.ee ana nnlned
raua entry nml laret ri) Julj of tha |,v aattlnf aany pan of tha near of
mined by a the bullanan w.ih an axe. On Inav-hUWC]
• ■ommlSHlon and otannlttad inK tnc i„niuina with their plunder
to the mate hoar** fin the in- ln# tWafan lafl ti baaund
"""" '-■"'■| ' -,;""1 ""' w;" Mr Ornafaar baa the ana fn ate nan-
UUL'bl A lie tu own rhanted with> _._-■,,,,
rabblna ■> ana atntlan
turned ti. the IIOMIIIIMI nml annfn
ittha aaro.
Notbdni wna heard af bin until th..
Inf'irmiiii'Hi same from I'ki. un
thit he u ■?< arraalad "ii the barb*
robbery charm- Th.- araatars
loan]
Utll.'lltle! If I
Ilia been Stolen fro 11 Maple ntre.t rm t lii.i ilies bnva :i-ked
batwaaa Second nnd Third avenues
on Sun.l.iy ev.ninm The BMWplnn]
Wns Inter found bv the uwtier ,
abnndonad on bflnpta imeet
Bicycle Stolen
A hlcyrle, belonitlnic t(
.1 l.lziib.rt. 430 West Tenth
MUSICAL RECITAL I
Miss Madeline It. Daly held the
Bra) of :i aarlaa of puplta' recitals at :
bar stu.iio. m Bprbu HH1 avanua,]
on lundny aftan n Tha (c4iow-
Ini -j, tba profram:
'■l>lliirn" C;i.lmiin
Horothv 1 H'tr
"I.ulbby- O'Hara
Almn Nncele
•May MornlnK" I>etiza
both Mulhollnnd
"Mnther Mnchree Itnll
Anthony Greco
"An arnraei Kyntary of
Ufa"* Baroatl
Hurab Huehl
■The i.ntie poinnanr .. HoraUol
HahW Dale
PlMl Senas Will be Played Satur- ;
day Evening
hay
uraed bnroi M.in.i Pnlhnnn wrote
hem that It In bellesad Draft la
feigning maanlty and thai ha hi a
^ lliihiltl.il irliiilli.il l! in ltk.lv the
Roland '"' ■'' anthorltlaa « 111 nol »nk for hln
__. return and »lU pai mil htm to i"
,, trie i in l >
nue, wan munn from near tnoi ___^^_____^^_
Mary II Wood I'ark lion-. Htui i .--r.-p . *,*: Mill It
avenue and Harry street, about; tfclr.KAlVJ IHM.II
two o'tthMk Saturday afternoon. JOINT MKKTIMP
The theft wns reported to the po-lice,
A Joint meeting of the t-n.lies-
Packard Sedan Recovered .\.,| ,,u\ -h, Volpo-Blnna Pool was
Chlff of 1'ollce Henldd fi.und B ]„ M J,, ,|, , ,,,^^1
l-i.kard BOfnU Oh Saturday morn- M,M \\iti,:,m K-liv. pi. .
InK that had l*w?n nhandoned In ' .n,, [n4JM Ahl pre.nideil.
Spring Mill avenue l-at-r he re- The meeting wns very w-ll ;i*
oaltad word thnt the m.ti nine., |( „,!,,,! lllul ,,]„,,„ „-,.,.,. faRnubtted
vnlnod ;.t IfsNt, haaanaVinfl In Har-| t„ run n aarlaa of affaira, the t»r...
vey A- Uodenheraer, of Istnadal**. ' enoda of Which are bo !»• turned
had been atolen from Penn lr,,,, ,h,. n,„
street. Norristown. Friday evening i jamoa Ktlcoyna, fa I Comninn
The car wns In god condition and: ,|Pr ,,f ,),,. |.<1((l KJ1VI. nn outline or
evidently abandoned where It wan, the work that Is belnn done by
found heeaune of lack of gasoline
the tank was empty when the
was discovered.
REHEARSING PLAY
NEW TIRES FOR
FIRE APPARATUS
At the remil.ii- on-.iitig of the'
Washington Fire Oompnny on sat-'
Brday • •■ •■nlnr it was decided to.
have both pununj aiiiilBjnafl with
nan tlroa The rabbet on I
gallon pump is still In Rood Condi- i
tiiin hut to Insure greater safety it'
" u .i< i an 'i advleabla to change
the ttraa Thla ahnanja win be |
giaila thfal waah and the apparattin
win be out of aerrloe for a day.
The rubber on the »fi0-gallon'
pump in in bail repair nnd a '
change in Daconaory. It la the In-tantlofl
of tha Rmmea to have the
Wheels of the apparatus cut down
ami II new tipe of Um put in use. :
While thin change la batng made
the appnratiis will he out of com- !
mlnnlon several days.
A rehearsal of UM Three C Hav-er-
of ■ Tba Mun Who Married a
Dunrb Wlto" will bo held in the
I.nk House thla evening at 7
o'clock The scenery for the play
aoaapntgd i nd attar tha
rehearsal thin evening, th.- I'layers
OfOUp w.ll b.'gin c<mnlrucllng tho
tor 'The Heart
Clown "
rianafl b] William McKenale. ns-alatad
b) membera of the group.
Both plays arOl bo praaantaf In tba
high school auditorium on the eve-i
i. b IT.
Mrs. Gilbert Sile. of the fonnho
■
■ ■.•■ aaafntnnaa ol I
■ livitieg
Tiie naw membera thai ware obtl-gtm-
d In tha l*adlen Aid were Km
J Morlarlty. Mrs W Sha
BaO, Illta Morlarlty
Hn yen
Mrs. Lobb, a i barter member of
the [Julie* Aid, won pranaotad
with a nlft from tba btdhaa Bbn
obaarrad bar t'tith birthday yeater-duv.
A euchre win ba heW In tha Po*
The scenery ban been de- | r"ot" «» ■*« S.'i.nt.v evenInK,
Thla || tha third tuna wfihin a
r,-w weehi tba mnohlna aaaVka baa
tieen broken Into anal nabbnd, tha
laat visit of the thi.M .
waotoi ag».
DEATHS
Harris Crawford
iiiiriir. Crnwfard, Bthar of Urn,
I. ii LTofbaa. and fat her-in-law of
i oroaa al tha Ootnmnnlty
Center, died ■UddODly, Sunday, at
hin home kill Rlpplaj itraot, Pitta-
Dsrghi 'if heiirt (Bllttra, J1.- wan H
yaora of age.
arvivad by Inn widow nnd
i: an Hi anal Urn, Craw-i
rntod thoh aeUan wed-dlng
annlvornary i
Porhoa him gone t" Pitts-burgh
io nttand ton runernl wbtcb
win be held tomorron atl
FIREMEN TO HOLO
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Conahohoi bon Fin Company, Mo.
2, will hold their*annual memorial
aervleea In tba Plral Baptlal church
ohocban on Bon I
log next Bov. A J, Dai i
Of tl ■ ■ hunh. will .t. In. i an ap*
i nerm'-n. The in-w
ho h ive died
during ti" i i in athoaa
honor the nei vice* will i
■ .!.■: Joonpfa Miter, Levta John-nd
Catharine s"" nndrow UHHK, Bin
JoaephKlilinger and Thomas
bUron ifthj lira Kalry in ehair-man
of the committee In chant*.
.\ aoapnor aonp anppar win bo
; held In the Poo) rooma on March
j 17tM. by the Heaver Mrothern and
thtir slstern. Both "f thaao tiff.ur.i
Mu>l H i;LAhS
BOWIJ-:KS WIN I\\<»
I,," h. n |.lke. will hnve charge of will bo for the ben. lit ol the Home
tbg oootumaa atMOOofUafl Mrs, | Association.
Pnrbag, who baa |ona to Plttabnrgl After tha aaaattng ■ aoebtl boor
to attend the funerul of her father. «raa bald and rafrOahOMnta were
lerved mid Die Harmony
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS
The lnontt.lv I
Board ol I
oflire of tha Proa!
afeXenale, last «t
natnboi i
rnportod
cough, the only on
in Hi. i.Drnugh.
leeilng of the
un hand al UM
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toai lung win ba Inatnlled la
■ohoaj
..( tha bei:intiinn of BaBl term
p] arrangementn can
tn.iib Thi« w;sn daCldod at In^t
nighin regular monthly meeting
belli in the aohnol bndtaUng Kap
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in favor <if the ehnnga and eaoraa
aad hla boMaf thai aaora
tory renultn In toaahfaag enn ba ah"
bUBOd In this manner, lb' ama
KJToa i.'iuiinnion to vlnlt B number
of Bchoou anaara tha ayaenm i» I
vodie and adopt a plan for the
achonl aa ba ■ananftad al tin nan
meetlnc; of Ihe hoard.
The over, rowde.l oondltlon In i
number of Ihe grade schools wm
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enrol-d in the primary |HHls B
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reported thnt In nccordain • wu I
UM numbrr of children he turne.
away at the beginning of the pre*
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number of nppHenllonn for hegln
next term eatint's him ti
believe than win ba i "a tanuj
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He nuKKented thnt a OoaahH
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for next t.nn bin no -"tlon was
1 ik-li mi the suggestion.
The question an to the ndvlsabl
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or (.lacing the
anadn on half time ama also dia
runned without any definite OOn
elusion
Tha supervlning Prin
bsatruotad to notify tha teanhera t
praaani UMtr aprpUoatinna far re
.t the next meeting ut the
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Bhparaiatng Principal RlOaaUbtt
.inked permisnion t» provide a
teachers- library, whiih wenhl aool
<;:u. but abnoa U ■
in the treasury waa but IIMO and
anly aboW I6U0» still due in tagew.
I !, I., , ,u iv ■■'! th- work
fur tin- bnannon al
suggested that the establinhment
of the library be postponed for the
thaM and that when the
budget is mnde up for next term an
amount nrfll ba aal anMa for the
Hbrary
Tin- allanflanni pon i;
Pabruai) waa N par onnl wllb aa
anroUmant (or Iba mouth of Sf2
pupils.
The t. ., :.. ' " ■'
. ommltti ■ reported Ihnl Minn Agm-s
n. Farrell hns been off duly (Or thi
past two areeha on aoeotinl of Ui-
Baanand Ibal Mra Rlgtutrdn la sub-stituting
In her place Mi- Baa
trice Flatter waa off duty one da)
durtni the month.
The haUdtng aommlttao report*
that two tona of agf nonl i
Od. The cmunltt.-e wan UUtrOOUN
■ . Bon bane The nmi-nlttoa
anu alao Inatruntad to hnoa
- tUngnJabon rat I
SI hn\i ONTRAI l
Rarry • b ullnal aa
!,.■ <;. n. mi Conhnanthaf '
it-ought suit agalnnt l'aul King,
Mori laioam, t ovoi |UI II aa i
'.ll.lllie i ■ f"l dig'
ring .' oettar in thla hntough. The
j M (bra
lo4gn Snot It. it Nun l-towti, I hln
Borahag.
rtnplalnanl ciaium thai he
a i-ell.tr
or tha K of C, bafaaang I
igread with Hambi bang to have
um do ton woik with a nt.-ntn
ihoval for HOC.
oeb ihould ba ■ ■ant atad tba pi lea
anuM ba W for tha rot k
rnting. No Muk wan found until
ba front <.r tha eeBnr on
Ah. n | vein wan wlmrk. The
iiitnitT eoatanda that he waa not
said in full and King anbad bbn to
i dig a cellar for
i school hiiiidiiiK and thai ba woaU
>e Bold baa halalK'' due him. He
.-nt to Ijinndnle lint an he wan
■ ■■I paid, refused the work, lie
■■■■■ fOf it - I... ..i
S2.S1 for expenses for golnir to
Ihe cunc is ntill on trial.
In tha aaaa .'f Bopplt i I I '•■ -i
hla borongh aanlnot Jaywood n
Kihoti. Norrtatown anto rtoalar.
Dunaal for tha plnlatUI wan no)
i ■ oah .iniii!- wiiu.i.ii.
i giiiui a eontlnoaaoo and aranti 'i
i , infi.i m-
I that an attempt wus batoi mule
>r a settlement. Judge Willnnin
,\. the dafanaa four daya to oom-ith
Ipatad aaMlaiiMBl ami
§15.000 BLAZE Al
.!
Firemen Confine Flames and
Save Plant.—W^rk in
Freezing Weather
WORKMEN FIGHT FIRE
Fire May Have Been Caused
by Leak in Tallow Pot.—
To Resume Operations
to I off Die III!
AMBULANCE TO BRING
INJURED TOURIST HOME
The ambulance of COttghohoObon
pony No. I wfi al mid-night
last night to KO to the dock
at HOW Voik to await the arrival
rn.m Bonanda of btbm
Potter, of Koiirteentli OVOBUa nnd
Payetta afreet, to bring her to bar
home. Minn Potter left
February lath, In oompg&y with
Mr. and Mrs. A. T, Stain
Wyrinewood. for a trip la DorWndBl
ami on Februnry 2Srd, slipped and
broke her ankle. The return of
Hi- party am delayed i-'veml days
on account of Ihe injtiiy to Miss
Potter.
CANDIDATES FILE
Ft
tichard H. Bate Petition for
General Assembly.—Demo-crats
Have Only One Can-didate
for Assembly in 3rd
District.
Connhohoogan la bo hat
ajgaw for tha RaBnuaUoan nomina-tion
for the General Aaan
Richard 11. Bate. of the Hate
Bojlei HfTn ie» ) Componj
of the late m unta.mii-r and
cuuiiiilmau Blnhanl i I Itate, has
tile.I a peiition for n place on the
Ilepuhli. .in balhK il bag AgCU pri-maries.
Mra. Mabel Klrkhrlde. of Norrin-town.
In the urKlinlzntloli eliolee
■ ntatlva In tho ftiaamhlj
from this, (he First lealnlntlve din
fit- i
In the Third leslnlntlve dlatrlct
v. bliii baa thraa reiirenentatlvea
only one Darnoeral ha« ftlof a peti-tion.
Thi oatlllnni Mod for phvoaa on
tha April primary ballots arc:
■
son, the Incumbent, l^tnahorn-",
Keimhllcan: IIirhard Vaux. «iwv -
nadd \'alley, IX-tnocmt.
Bute Commlltee—Charles John-aon
Plymonth, RonatMloani Un
Miiry Aekermnn. Iprlnaraald. Ra-publican.
l)i .1 J Kan-, Norrln-town,
pamuamti Qtoear <'. AI-briKht.
Uinsdiiie. Damoarat
District l>elegate—Cbarlm .lnhn-aon,
Plymontti
(iruinlv. BfiOtOl, Itei.ul.llciinn, C W
Free*i, RTan Centervtlla and Chnr-len
1) M'AVoy, NOllfaatOWU, DOBBO
i rnta
Alternate pe'rautcs- '.
Hiithley, Korrtabawn and Ana f
a,,, km n Doyleetowa, Ropubll.
■...i.i s II mm,
i N ' ■■
Oaaaml Assembly—Klrnt illntrbt.
prod 0 Patara, aranaoro, Rapubli-pan;
John .' ateCornalok. undue-port
Doraoeral Second flatrtct—
Mab.i c Kbrkbrlda, Korrbatown
and Richard II nn.', Oonahohook'
. n Rapablloana, ona ta ba nomin-ated.
Th- man F 1*.ran. NoiTln-tawn
Domocml Third dlntriet —
jobn w Btorb, Pottatanmi dnr>
n, ■ ajdon r Chottanh un
■ llanalda, Repnblb uu B
I. Wi Ider, Pennnhurg. !''
Burned to Death
AUTO ACCIDENTS
While driving from '•
to this borougta about > slo k
Kiidny evanlng tha cai of Reubon
DaHavon, :ai» Baai Ninth avenuo,
tag »a\ of l.ini atreet, wan run ln-to
by ..ii ftotomoblia u the Inter-aectlon
of Diamond avenuo. An u
roanlt or tha aw Idem tha left Bhfa
. i tba i toHavan oar n ui danuigad.
The aototnobllea of Jonaph sm<>-
llnakL of Plymouth townahlp, and
Roy ''• bfeatoi S|uini! Mill avanao
and Cherry street Ii d • lha
corner of Fourth avenue and Mnpl"
street on Baturda) aftoi •
tn :■>• k Th.. BmoUnabl oar
van puahad ovoi tha ourh. No anal
wan liij'i ■
Msrr.ed at Madia
Minn Sarah Hi DoWOtl, Of JOOO-
■ T we-t Cenahohocbon.
and aki Bhan ol btt i ttng Houna
I...O.. bfoi Mm v..:.- naarrlad roa-terday
at Media.
Conahohocksn Building A Lean
Aaa'n. New Series March 6th. All
evening meetliiKS at First National
Bank Uulldlnif. 1 to VII P. M.
l-:-2t
mtlJIe
Hi \\
MarRarct Rrown,
Govern*" ol I'ark Avci
York, who WU battered
consciousnc«i and then butned tu
death by a bend.
Conshohocksn Building A Loan
Aaa'n. N> •■ *lth All
■el.nan at Flrnt National
Hank ilulldlna. ~ "» H3') P U
|.b-rt
In a tWO hour bailie In I
atnro of IH degrooa, the I
• with the <:• oi
Company, al Weal Coaahohookeni
■avod a big pan of tin- pinni of tag
John W.H .1 Man ll
Lted on tba borono bank
i . twei n lha i inal and Si'lmylklll
rivni " ■ to deeti ut tlon, aai If thMJ
mornbu Th" manner In which thf
tin- waa fought oonflned the flamea
to the roof of the bulldinR In which
the ii raj
Tha tu- oceurn i In tha UanlnfJ
and plekllm room of iii^ I
i.in deportment in that portion aa
the plant fncina '
• 1 L'n itun tnoin-log
ind within .. law mlnntea tln«
Waahingl'in. Coniboboohnn No. I
and the George Clay comuanlea
ware on the at ere and In
A l.i i K" eapoell. fire hydrant on
tha m sfa ai tha plani aaaUnafl
the Rremen t.. qaloUy get into
Barvlca with leveral heavy strenma
from the purApara
With many nticnma pJnylng on
the lire, the firemen were enabled
t<> confine the names to tb.it por-tion
of the bulldlna where tba flrfj
tbne tba roof al
the t ink -hop. adjoining the Mn-nlnf
in e/aa ti.; ■ . ned bat the
work of the Bremen, HSSIM>
fire wall agved that portion of the
building from any ihimas".
Of i.r the
tinning- department wrtn deitmyed
and ihe debrln falllnR irfto the
room destroyed huge qtuu
molten tin in the tanks and quan-
' tllow. li in entimnted
th. loaa will be about I1G.00U fully
by Insurance.
Watchman Discovers Flra
Caarlag f*immtn|g. of this bor-rniBh.
Is on night duty at the plant
to watch the nonius, tallow and
Knlvnnleina pots. Me made an in*
) tba pota in tin- tlnnlat
i about 4 o'clock and
hft the tn to po to the gglwagji
ixinic department He found all
lha tin and tallow pota, which nn.
heated by nan, in pro|>er ■ million
dad i" the Klnviinlilne.
department. A few minuten after
his departuie., Thomas Rngan. of
West Conal ■■ iad OJH
room nnd (band everythina In or-dOT
Ba Matl the room and return-mi
within a few minuten when he
dbwovered a fire In the roof above
ona ol in tallon pob Ha notified
Cnmmtaaga and then telephoned an
alarm t" the Hie companies. Cutn-mlnirs
summoned men from the
engine mom and tt.. > foughl die
fire with the plant equipment until
flainns
were rapidly ipraodtni and not be-pond
control of tha plain workmen
Fimthad Product Saved
The Ions in on the hulbllna nnd
i nntentn of the tinning room In
this room, a depuitin-nt .
■
nteel ennn nre tinned, trolnir through
four procesnss. one of the pro-censes
in JI iiiji int.. hot tnllorr. Tha
t.Uluw |H contained In Ini
lanka baatad with ana. The un-nlnn
tanks oonuioed nhout f.00
Una of put Btralta tin valuad at
about Tn oanti par pound, iiebris
fuiiiiiK into tha lanka eauaad mueb
hMH in thaao materials.
Tha tlanaiiiiiBiii aapgratad from
tha iiianut.ii 'in ;in departnwnt by a
Bra amn and thla pn rent* ■' bat
.li'ii the
depnrtmt ni where then- i» nraan
v.ihni ]■ rnanhlnary and a large
quantity of unflnlabad produoh
bad prodot t i* ■ i
poi 'i"ti of tba i' .ui' .iiij-u ant ta
tha tinning room Nun.- or the
II bod by
■ . or water.
Telephone Wires Broken
■ in nlng ihe i^i at ,
watchman Bagan tried lo aummofl
Arthur Marhnnl. auparlnb
tha plan- Ha waa un •ti1" to set
ni.in■> tlon from his nta-f"
n and rai poi tlon of
l ■
■
Mr hfarland arrln i at tito
pbtnt ami gave tha tire n Itrfon*
Dtatlon an to the plant Wh '
Mr blar*
'i thin morning, that bd
: wan rarprln d
tin no ii who i I
i" tha alarm on aw h i cold morn-
..' !)■
| praise for their work and Klves
them fun credit for aarlni
tin- plant.
Will Rasuma Work
Bnperlntandanl U ■! land atabnli
thla morning thai twent) non wart
amployod In tha tlnnlni
ttaaad on Pane seven)
[ IIUIOVH. Bulova Wrint Watches—
All prices. .1 If RAT
It Advertisement
"Gifts 'hat Grow**—See Hal.lwin'a
PIsnta. Adverttnemant.
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