The Conshohocken Recorder, December 20, 1910

              ffiljc €ons!)ol)oi:Hen llccor^er.
IM l.LISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
4tt-U> THE CONSHOIIOCKEX RECORDER TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. MHO *H1 PER YEAR
VALUABLE HUNTING
HORSE KILLED
..RAN AWAY FROM DRIVER AT
ELM AND FAYETTE STREETS
AND WAS KILLED BY RUNNING
INTO A TROLLEY CAR ON THE
GERMANTOWN PIKE. HORSE
WAS THE PROPERTY OF HOW-ARD
WOOD, JR.
A valuable hunting horse, belonging
to Howard Wood, Jr., ol Lower Mer-lon,
while being driven up Payette
:, on Saturday night, took Fright
;u Elm street and ran away He
all attempts al capture and
ran to theOermantown pike and when
near the home <>f William Supplee,
ran onto the trolley tracks in front
of a taal approaching car which hit
and instantly killed him.
The horse was attached to a sleigh
and was (.riven by a coachman lor Mr.
Wood. He >> as accompanied by anoth-er
man and when reaching Dim St.,
the driver attempted to turn off the
trollev tracks and in doing so the
■leigh overturned throwing the occu-pants
out and frightening the horse,
which ran away. The horse came up
Payette street on a dead run, the ov-erturned
iiiU'h bumping along al the
heeh. in i'M-f.1 his fright and his
■peed. Many -non ran into the Btreel
to try and Mop the frightened animal
but his apeed was so great thai be
could not i"' stopped. E'ortui
there a as llti le I rattle on Paj el le Bt.
wncii the horsi was making Ins mad
flight But lesa than a minute after
he passed Hector street a trollej car
and sevi ra' teems turned Into Pa
street Phi borae ran with the ov-erturned
sleigh sail attached to him,
to Plymouth meeting and thence down
the Gennantown pike when near the
Supplee place, the hurse ran onto the
trolley trucks in front of a fast ap-proaching
tar and A'as struck and in-stantly
killed. The headlight and
front o Hie car were broken. The
horse's head was crushed, a leg and
se\cral ribs were broken. The horse
was a hunter and wan used by Howard
Wood. Jr., at the hunt meets which
he particJi'ittd.
RETURNED FROM PANAMA
William Qlenilnger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew lilenzinger, of B.
Fourth avenue, returned to his pa-rents'
home on Sunday after your
Mais, spent in Panama, where he was
employed on the canal work. Mr
Qlenilnger was in charge of a section
of the paint department on the work.
He is highly enthusiastic on the work
of building the canal The Americans
nave changed the conditions on the
Isthmus that II is now a sat", sanl
tary dwelling place The work on
the canal is being pushed with the
greatest rigor. The system employed
bj thorough and Mr. Olenzlnger states
ihat is tin re is anj grafting
done, it Is so small that it is un-known.
He was :n Panama when Ool.
i veil made his \ isit to the canal
during his term as president He
says the Colonel thoroughly inspected
the work and instead of remedying
complaints by the usual method of red
tape, he took up all complaints in per-son
and remedied them right on the
ground. Mr. Qlenilnger believes that
every American should pay a visit to
this great work and he also strongly
advocates me necessity of fortifying
the canal.
RELIANCE TEAM
WINS THEIR GAMES
WATER RATES REDUCLQ !,0 th0 ,0Dnu,Uon8 Stl |or |n th«' wee-ment
existing between the borough
and the water company.
SUIT FOR LOSS OF RORSE.
Local Barver Has Animal Killed
Unprcttcted Crossing.
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NEW CHRISTMAS BOOKS
W iry I. Pox, represent Ing
Lewis G. Rtrltsinger, the veil Known
baker ol Xorrislown, entered Bull In
, tlii- Prothonotary's oflice against the
I Pennsylvania railroad. He asks dam-to
the amount ol $1000 fbl the
| h s> oi a horse and the wreck of a
wagon caused by employti of the
company.
The accident in which Mr. Btrltalng-er
sustained this damage occurred In
i ne early morning of October 8. A
driver employed by Mr. Stritzinger
was on ills way to Bridgeport to de-lievr
bread and cakes. Finding the
safety gates at the DeKalb street
crossing of the railroad tpen, the
driver thought all was safe. He start-ed
to drive across the tracks bul had
gone only a short distance when a
freight tisin struck the team
Free Library Has Added Some New
Christmas Books to the Collec-lection.
Following are four Christmas sto-ries
ever;, one Should lead:
Allen. James Lane Doctoi a Christ-mas
F v c .
Dickens, Chas.—A Christmas Carol.
Irving, Washington old Christmas.
Van Dyke, Henry.—The First Christ!
mas Tree
RAILROAD THIEVES ARRESTED.
CHRISTMAS TREES BURN
.Many Homes Are Testroyed by Fire
During the Chr stmas Holidays.
The month of December and Jan-uary
are always high in Are losses.
In the lilted States. The loss in
household furniture is greater in
these two months than at any other
period of the year. Many of these
flres occur during the holiday season.
At this time people are doing much
■entertaining; homes are usually top-sy-
turvy, the children having their
toys scattered about the rooms; the
Christmas tree Is standing, each day
it Ix being more dry and combustible
and when the elders are not looking,
a child will try and light the candles
o.. ,. rot and Bet II afire. In a i
minutes v.rai hundred dollars dam-see
will be done or it may b<
the house and it contents may be
Such a loss wiiif the tnajorit] if
men, but a fire Insurance policy is-sued
bj II. B, Heywood and Bro., 64
F. ••:•( ttreet, guarantees you thai
(the loss you sustain will be fully and
promptly paid bj the strong, reliable*
liberal companies they represi m
if you have not your home and lui-ntture
Insured, call, telephone or write
to II. B. Heywood .•< Bros, and they
will let you know the cost of Insur-ance.
Th° rales are now low and the
companies are the strongest doing
l)u !n< In the world.
FIRST AND SECOND TEAMS OF
GARNET A. C. DEFEATED BY RE-LIANCE
FIRST AND SECOND
TAMS—i'OTH GAMES WERE
GOOD CONTESTS.
Reliance Hall, on William Street,
West Conshohocken, was the scene of
two hotly contested games of basket
ball on Saturday evening when Re-liance
First and Second teams tri-umph!
ci ov! r the Qai net Pin t and
Second teams of Philadelphia bj the
respective Bcores ol 26 to -i and 40
to 86.
The game between the Brsl teams
was close and exciting though the
score icing tied no less than a half
dozen time: and the victo wen
known until the lust minute of play.
In the early part of the first half
it looked as though Reliance would
have a walk-over. Within two mill
utes of play Bishop and Hayes contrih
tited field goals, giving their teams a
lead of four poitns. After about five
minutes the visitors began a series of
passes which for a time puzzled the
locals long enough for them to score
a field goal Schinipf contributing it.
Armitage tallied another for Reliance,
but Nessler and Quak scored in quick
succession for the visitors and the
score was tie at 6 points, Hayes
pushed his team ahead with another
field goal, but Fhler tied it up and
Immediately placed the visitors in
the lead by scoring twice from the
Held. Griffith scored from a t'oul but
i i not to be outdone, duplicated
the feat. Armitage scored from the
field and Nessler contributed another
point from the Ill'teen-foot mark.
Griffith scored from a foul and the
half ended with neither team having
an advantage over the other, the
score beiir; tied at ll' points.
In tiie second half the | aiue was
fast and rough. The game put up by
the visitors was far superior to team
work compared with the locals, but
l!i Maine showed a better eye for the
basket and succeeded in adding I I
Held goaio and two from fouls, while
Garnet cor-lu score only 2 points on
six field goals.
The following was the liue-up;
A full line ol line, pure candies for
th a ai Pedrick's, TILM
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WM. A. EIXIOTT
HLAG ROOFER
825 GEORGE ST., NORRISTOWN
Successor to H. C. FU.IOTT.
Reading Men With Jail Records Made
Ci3 Haul.
Three foreigners, all with criminal
record: were arrested Saturday after-noon
i;. Reading, Pa., by Reading
i inkers I'c'.-an, O'Donnt-il and
Kaut-Uci, who charge the men with
being guilty of the wholesale theft
oi' merchandise from a m [crhl rai cm
the company's lines at Stowe,
The theft occurred on the night of
November 30 when a freight train i
was haulted because the Hall signal j
had been tampered with. The wires
had not been cut but a copper wire
tnat transmitted the power to another
track had been installed. When the
train was stopped thieves boarded it ''
and secured fully $1000 worth of
shoes, blankets and clothing. Since
tbSI time the Reading Railway offic-ers
have followed out several clues
and they finally located some of the
stolen goods in Reading. They In-vestigated
further with the result that
on Saturday they had seemed sell!.
lent evidence lo warrant the arrest
if lorn n,i n residing in thai city
The v '.i ,;i ;-, .- led were .Ichn £ I lie
nskl who i rs at the"
Huntingdon Reformatorj and is
me athi a' the East' rn p< ,-i , a iary,
Vlai '.a .i; : cl alias Whitey, wl i
erved IS months at Huntingdon and
Btan rietroicnski. who Berved .
years ai Ibe Huntingdon Reformatory
and IS months at tho Fastern Panl-tentlary.
in addition the officers hold
a w.inani !,,: the arrest I I Stanley
Vtehorskl, who managed to escape on
Saturda but who will likely he pick-ed
up later.
The trio of tiie (in- thieves were ar-aigned
befon Magistrate ••'. P. Uen-liarl
S'oniStOWn Saturday night arid
»''''■ all . iramttted to jail to answer
'•" i Dlou , d lar-
'••I ,,., h, arlng on Deci m
ber .7.
Relian e
I la;, es
Armitage .
Griffith ...
Bishop . ..
Began ....
••ic ck in tow a <'
tree ornaments. Toys, games, etc..
at. Kehoe's, I lector street.
tian
.. Forward Quay
.. Forward ... (Shier
Centre Sehimpf
..Guard Cousley
.. Guard Xesslcr
Goals from eld- Fa ,., .;. Armltagt
i.. Griffith 2, Bishop, EOagan, Quay 2,
Shier <■. s.|IHiipi', Nessler -'. Goals
irom fouls—Griffith I, Nessler 2. Um-pire—
R. Fllan,. Time, 20-minute
halves.
Tiie Second team won from Gar-nett
Second in ;i game that was
marked by fast and furious playing
by both teams. In the first half the
visitors played the better game and at
the end of the period was 'n the lead
by the score of 16 to 14.
In the Second half Reliance took a
decided brace and by dint of some
exceptionally well-executed passing
completely buffaloed their opponents
at times. During the half Reliance
scored thirteen times from the field.
The final score was 40 to 30.
The line-up:
Reliance 2nd Garnett 2nd
Herron .. ..Forward F. Quay
Ramey Forward .... W. Quay
Hyde Centre Sener
Pennlngton .... Guard Heller
Peamslde Guard Nealey
Nexl Saiurda.v Aberdeen Pirsl ami
Second teams will he the attraction
I !;. Ilance Hall.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
The engagement and coming wed-ding
of Will F. Bowen, Bl Ige mana-ger
of The (iarriek theatre, Norris-lovva.
and Miss Anna Steel,', cashoir
of the same house, is announced. The
wedding ceremony, which will be a
(piiet affair in tiie pre. nice ct only die
immediate families of the contracting
parlies will be performed .ianuar.v :!,
in Si. Patrick's Clmr.-h. Norristown.
Altci a briel wedding tour th•■ cou-ple
will make their home in Nor-rlstown
In a hou
bj i ae groom.
M iss Stcele was a foi m< f
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FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS
No. 2 Held Its Annual Election Last
Evening.
At tiie annual meeting ol t'olisho-iici.
kc ii inc Company No. 2, held last
evening, in the lire house, the follow-ing
were c■!. I.■. 1 officers lor the SMU-THE
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN WA-TER
COMPANY GOES BACK TO
THE OLD PRICES IN FORCE LE-FORE
JULY I, 1910.
There |g no hetter evidence that hor-ough
Solicitor .\i F. iionnefly of V.est
Conshohocken guards the iVitere-1 i of
the borough with unflinching fid Utj
than the fad that the West Consho-hocken
Water Company has wlthdi iwn'lng year:
partj in the light being ftajed! | c. J. O'Brien; Vice P
bj the Solicitor against an increa i in dent, David Derr; Recording
1 «»t< Inaugurated i,y ;,;,, tary, I. ii. Shaffer; Pii ancial s.
corporation on July 1st, 1910, and III tary, Lewis Ehlinger; Treasurer, J.
restore the former rates at least for Hamilton; Foreman, Harry Lul
the present. Trustee, F. I.. Slav in; I lire.tors. \. I-On
Prldaj the Solicitor received a > son Qulgg, John ... ■ . Da Derr,
communication from the Water t nnii.:. i.. siavin, .las. p. Byrne, John Ga
pany asking tor a conference t-„ b< ser, Charles Mlnnich, Harvc
held at the office of Reese I'. I , cieorge Speaker, Arthur Gar<
the collector, in West Conshohoc , n.
At the conference were Presei. m
Howard Ahrens his son, who is i
tary ot the concern, Reese P. Davis,
collector and Solicitor Don.ielly. Mr.
Donnelly was informed that the old
rates would be restored, and new bills
be sent out.
A proposition was also offered the
borough, through the solicitor, which
does not look so well for the private
consumers.
The Water Company proposes to ab-rogate
the present written r.greei.i-nt
existing between them and the bor-ough
of W« st Conshohocken and eutei
into a new ten year agreement u >i
the following conditions: Tiie a
ment between the Water Company and
the borough be a written one am: laal
the price to the borough be the - me
as at present, |2B per plug a yea
that the agreement between the «
company and the private con-unic I i
only a verbal one and the price of
one spigot is to be $9 per year; 14.50
for toilet and the prices for bath tabs
and pave washers to remain the .
as it always has been.
The Water Company desired to
have the agreement arranged so that
the new idles could go into effect on
.January 1, 1911.
Bayiitts, Andr.w Long; Horse Com-mltee,
i. n. Shaffer; Del pit . Andrew
Long; Alternate Delegate, .lanes
B] I lie.
ANNUAL BANQUET
points to their score by adding .six. ..when questioned as to whether the
proposition was favorable Mr Don.iel-ly
informed them that it was up to
Council to decide on the matter.
The iiroi osiion in full will be >
mined to Council at Its nexl n
meeting on Wednesday evening, Jan
iar\ i. when it is requested tha
many of the citizens as possible 1 t
pre sent.
The -Water Company which ill
rated the increase from JO to ?I I on
the first of July or the presnt yea.- af-ter
giving notice of only a few wi
lias .reconsidered the action, lias I nt
out new bills at the old rate and . Ill
refund the additional money to I
having already paid their ental at
the increased amount.
The first hills sent out by the com-pany
hearing the increase was about
October 1st and al tl'it time Soli. Hoi-
Donnelly ii'foimed the Company i at
they were overstepping their authority
by trying lo put in force a raise, in
the watei lute without giving the con-sumers
a full year's notice, called tor
in the agreement existing hetween the
Borough of West Conshohocken and
the Water Company and urged the
consumers to refuse to pay the in-crease.
Btxpress wagons, .-i,-ds, umr-s and
toys at Kehoe,s. FieobK street, oppo.
FOR SALE—Double heater-elove >cbool.
wit»pipe anil register for floor. Ap-ply
ai RECORDER OFFICE. 20-2t Use the Recorder V\ZUTAT
At a special meeting o; Town Cc-un
oil held o.i -Monday evening, Noverab n
14th, for the purpose of taking a. :i
on the increase, and at which as
present a number of the citizen of
the Weal borough, Reese P. Davis ..i
lector, representing the water . ov
i any, Btatt .1 thai* the companj ad
possibly ovtrlooked the agreemt n
also stato.i thai according IO re it-acts
of Legislature a corporation hi
the privilege of increasing its . lies
where n can he shown that tin- n
being invested is done so at a is.
He further stated that the agreei n
between the borough and the v. .ter
company would he abrogated and gave
Town Council notice that if the ec m-pany
could not collect the Increase
from July Ft. r.nti, the increase would
go into effect one year from thai il lt(
or on November 14th, 1911.
It was expected at that time
tiie water company would <arr
r into court In th< Ir ttt m
i ti.c i,n reui and ti.e ■„■ ,.-
dent Ahi c us, and his son, thi
coi
II i.e., d by .Mr. Donnelly, i
c i 'i'i,.\ a Council and il-e
water consumers to he
den' 8 that i he watei I -■ ' oi
ihe BlighterI chance of carving mo
: i 5r incposed inc reaa i com
Tin- thirty-seventh annual banquet
of the Washington Fire Compan;. will
be held in the banqueting room of
their house, on Friday nig hi. Decem-ber
30th. Tin- following commit
have i.ec u appointed to ia ops e the
banquet and entertainment: Frull
.John Bally, Si.. Reuben si -nipi- and
l ii i ry Worth. Tali a: ' Sti m
tli eorgr I . Charli Bake r, Jo
Wi rth ; . Danle I RadcUffe
Ti i i Miles St mpli William B
ti n. William ECarr, Harry Be aver,
Thomas Mi fare.-, Da rid Custer, John
Mail;. John Neill. Howard Prii i
Benjamin Gaysi r, John Rl sg, Harrj
Murray and Bber Lobb, secretary
liefore' Ihe har.quet a vaudeville ami
Bical entertainment will be given.
The performers will be ifi lonal
and amateur talent. I.cm. Williams)
orchestra will furnish music tor danc-ing.
John Neill. treasure! >. tUi i i-pany,
will be the toastmaster and will
also deliver the address of welcome
to ihe guests of the firemen. The
Brsl banquel of the compan;. was
I ii in the Stemple Hall, on Forrest
street, in is:::.
Filed Affidavit of Defense.
The c!- fe II.hints, in Ihe SUiT of JO-
-e ph ('. Jones et. al. vs. the ll.iva; i-an
Brewing Co. Satui lay Bled an affi-davit
of de fen-ie in (he Prothonotary's
Bull was bi i ui I.I again I the
.clams on an SJlegl d hook ac-count.
The defi ndants den thai
there is auj money owed to the plain-tiff
ami one of the compan] Bets forth
that he never had any dealings with
the firm.
STRAIGHT UQUORS
Bottled in Bond.
AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
Old Overbolt, full quart 90e.
Guckenheimer, full quart 90c.
Gibson goc.
Trimble Giieen l-ihel 90c.
Wilson 90c.
Mt. Vernon $1.10
No, 6, Patterson & Coane $1.20
Youngs Old P. Y. M. Blue l^ibel 90c.
Pure Rye Whiskey, 86 proof 50c.
US-ounce Bottle.
Duffy's Malt • 85c.
Booth's Old Tom Gin 90c.
Gordon Dry Ciin 90c.
Geneva 90c.
Black A White. Scotch $1.20
E A J. Burke'e Irl b Whlski . $1.00
Choice Old Rum 90c.
California Bl r Brandy 95c.
10. Remj Mainn Cognac $1.15
Henna • Brandy $1.65
Pure Corn Whl 70c.
Dr. Bouvler Bucbu tiin, for the Kid.
and Bladder, 25c. 14 pint. 50c
in::1 ; 90c. quart.
These Liquors are Strict'/ Pure
The Leading Whiskies are Overholt
and C-ibscn. We label our pints and
% pints, filled from the barrel as sent
to us with the disvners' labels with
be goods, which Guarantees Purity.
Whiskies and Gins, in pints and any
of the in ai 60c plnl and 25c. Vj pint
All Case Goori6 10c. and We Don't
Re-fill Any 3ott.es.
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GEO. TOWNSEMD, Jr's
OPPOSITE R-E >vDIN0 R. R. STATION
44i 2 Bretsen Si., Kaiw'k
win n In 1 top In Qeo
Townsend'a Jr., 1 take home a hot-tie
of his Pure IJquors, as per ad in
this paper.
POLITICAL IT£MS
THE NAME OF REESE P. DAVIS
OF THIS BOROUGH, HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED AS A STRONG CAN-DIDATE
FOR COMPTROLLER
ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET-OTH-ER
CANDIDATES.
it is believed thai the- Republicans
win nominate Con • man Irving P.
Wanger for the new office Of I ounty
Comptroller, II win retire from
Congress en tlie fourth Of Mare h next
Mr Wanger would m id ia< man
for this oflice and many of his friends
•' re urging him to b< a candidate.
James Krewson, of ( heltenhain,
al Ccunt) Commission, r, an-nounci
s ii al he win be In I • Bold
tor another nomination and term.
Commlssioi er K leelan i that
he has given the he n possible busi-ness
and person..] service lo the office
■-'•'■'■■ his !• I'II. and feels that his rec-ord
in the betterment of the high-ways
.ill ov.r the county, the bridge
improvements, and particularly his at
titude in the fight for the elimination
of the Cheltenham "death-trip," is suf-ficient
indication of his Interest in the
welfare ol the county.
Louis A. Nagle, an Ogonts business
man Will OPPOSS Krewson for the
nomination. Nagle ,s well known
throughout the county and has figured
in several campaignt., w ith the re-suit
thai he is known as an hggresslve
campalgnsr, and as both he and Krew-son
are ictive members of the Lower
Enc i.< p'lhlican Club, an merresling
mix-up is assi i
Burgess Robert P. Campbell, aspir-ant
for ihe nomination oi Registei of
Wills, this week said: '1 am a can-d
Id ate for the office "
The Democrats arc looking for strong
men for their ticket. Theli success
in landing the Congressma i an i As-aembly
candidates In the last election
has put new life in the party. There
are man] Democrats In this district
who hope that the Democrats and the
Keystone partj will place a fusion
tiekei in the field next dune for the
County Offices. Reese P. Davis, of
t! is borough has In en suggested by
I prominent Democrat.! and Key-stone
men as a good candidate for
Controller. Mi Dai is a director of
the First National Bank of this borough'
and of the Montgomerj Trust Com-pany,
of N'orristown. He has been a
life long Democrat and has always
stood tor that which is clean in pol-
Itics. lie is well known in the bust-
•■ orld i ni i I iml liar with the
condui
Jury Commissionei P. J, Mortality,
of (his borough, will be a candidate om
the Democratic ticket to succeed hisi-se-
i: p. i i- the workingnien's can-didate
and has ably performed the du-ties
ci his office, it is believed that
i •• will have DO trouble in landing tho
nomination.
George l.ongaker. of Whitemarsh.
will be a candidate to succeed himself
as a Director of the Poor.
.lames Thompson, of Plymouth, who
WBS defeated for a renomination for
Poor Director by Director l.ongaker.
is being urged by his friends to run
for the nomination and it Is believed
he will.
TURKEY PRICES
Local Dealers Will Not Handle the
Storage Article. Many Fresh Kill-ed
Birds are Offered.
The local dealers have laid In large
supplies of fine turkeys which "ill
Bell al prices ran.- ng liom 26 Cents
to 80 cents per pound. The avers
price win be 28 cents, There will
i i ge turki; ■- oil > d
le a the ' i-c c a abl ■
to secure a nu in ol Bn i Del a a
and Virginia
are In Bh Mile I and 1 ie i i i tta-il th
market affordc. Tho fowl will I it
ie r than those offered at Thannsgiv-ing
time and w 111 Li hei I
Many cold si. . age I rk ■ i
iic-e n ou*< ■ ii tfci i'e..-i,: bul thi v have
declined lo buy ami our residents a •
sure of a fine Chrl itma ; dlnm r ( ti ■
tcrkey la n hi im< boui 'nt en i.
Church and bcol < "d i
ni' t hi Istmas i and i 11 mptly i.lh -l
it .). \". Pedrii' ' . ". * ''
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LAO^FS' AND GEfJTS' •
TAILORING
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I West Kim Ptrpei •
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