The Conshohocken Recorder, August 22, 1911

              ®l)c ConsljaJ)ocKen tftarortfrer.
rilJLISIIEI) EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
4418 THE CONSHOHOCKEK RECORDER TUESDAY AUGUST IL\ l»II »1 PER YEAR
ITALIANS TO HAVE A
BIG CELEBRATION
NEW COMPANY TO
TAKE OVER PIPE MILL
THE SCHUYLKILL PIPE AND
MANUFACTURING COMPANY IS
BEING FORMED TO LEASE THE LOCAL ITAL,AN SOCIETY WILL
SMALL PIPE MILL AND GALVA- HOLD ,TS ANNUAL "LEBRA-NIZING
PLANT OF THE LONG- T'°N °N SEPTEMBER 27th.. THE
MEAD IRON COMPANY.-CAPI- CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN
TAL, $60,000 W,TH A MASS AFTER WHICH
THERE WILL BE A PARADE,
MUSIC AND FIREWORKS.
Th s. ii. .\i. s Bdmiano Italian So-etety,
of this borough, will hold its
annual celebration on Wednesday.
September 27th and that day will lie
•Italian Day' here. The Society which
18 the largest society of foreigners in
this county and all the representa-tive
Italian.- of this borough, are
members.
Bach year the Sodetj baa a cele-bration
which has made a gala da>
Tor the town and attracted almost
every resident to .Maple street to
hear the fine mualc and enjoy the brll
Hunt decorations, This year the so-
"ii an,| Hi,' par value is to h. ioty intends to make the celebration
pel Shan The capital is to be fall [the grandest ever held hr and ar-paid.
irangmentc have been completed for
Application 18 being made for a
charter tor the corporation to be
known as the Schuylkill Pipe and
Manufacturing Company, which com-pany
intends to lease from the Long-mead
Iron Company, the gas, bell
■welding pipe mill, known as the No.
I mill and the galvanizing plant.
The officers of the company are,
president, Nelson C, Cressman; treas-urer,
Ai'ei Thomas; secretary, 11. J.
Kii, nman, of Philadelphia
The new company will manufacture
steel pipe ol the sizes of one-eighth
Inch in one and one-quart, r Inch in
Kill- 'Vr,
Tin company is to be capitalized at
The annual output of this mill is
between 9,000 and 10,000 tons annually
and it is the Intention of the companj
to make th. small sizes of pipe oi such
qualitj that willl guarantee <i market
for the product.
the day.
A grand stand and band shell will
be erected on Maple strct and the
street and houses will be gaily decor-ated.
On the morning of the liTth. the so-
POLITICS AND DESERTS FROM NAVY
POLITICIANS AND ROBS GRANDFATHER
CANDIDATES ARE NOW OPENING
THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND AFTER
NEXT WEEK SHOULD SEE THE
CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING.
Presidmi of the Borough Republi-can
KM i in v. Committee, John Irwln
.has called a meeting of the commit-tee
to lie held on Saturday evening,
M t3»( S CQair Mouse. Elm and
|Harry streets. At this meeting it will
be decided whether the candldateefor
borough dikes will be Dominated at
the uniform primaries or whetfa r
separate primaries will be held.
As the uniform primaries will be a
WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR GEORGE KNIGHT WHO DE-SERTED
FROM THE NAVY AND
CAME HERE TO HIS GRANDFATH
ER WHOM HE ROBBED OF TWO
WATCHES.—REWARD FOR HIS
CAPTURE.
The Longmead iron Company built cletj i icorted by the Conahohocken
ibis mill 'ii 1901 and (mediately gain- band will march to St. Matthew'a
. ii an enviable reputation for the qual- church where a mass will be cele-
Ity of l< pe made on 'his mill. The brated. After the mass they will pa-furnace
is heated bj gas and the mlH rade over Lhe principal streets of the
i'lH i-.ittgUiv electricity. The facilities town and upon returning to Maple
for tliMrindlin.: Of coal and both raw Street, lunch will be served. During
and finished materials are most ex- the afternoon the band will play a
cellent and the mill can be operated
verj economically.
concert and during the evening anoth
er eonci it will be given. The fire-
HENDERSON SUPPLEE BUYS
FINE PROPERTY
The Officers,ul tie Company an all works will be set oil In a Held, on
experienced in the pipe business and bJ*h around, weal of Maple street.
have b>en connected with the Long |The display la expected to surpaas
mend Iron Company. The president the one given by the citizens of th
of the new concern, x. C. Cressman I Hourtb of July.
revlous to coming to the Longmead
ivaa a travelling auditor for the Am-erican
Bridge Companj and upon com-ing
hen instituted a cost system that
proved ol great value to the company.
lie is an expert accountant and an
ev. II. need office man. Mr. Moon
who is to be the Superintendent of
the new concern has spent his whole
working life In the pip-' business and
is a thorough mill man. He '-'..is in
the i in ploy ol the National Tub Com-pany
at M( keesport fur ten years and
also was employed bj the Carnegie
Tube Company and the Younuslow ii
Local Miller has Purchased the F ne
Kennedy Estate at Port Kennedy
Henderson Supplee, head ol the
Hi ui i i i i mderaon Supplee Sons, op
eratora of the Conahohocken Flour
.Mills, has purchased a Qm Kennedy
iEstate at Port Kennedy, The proper
consists of about 12 acres ol some
[of the finest land in this section, a
Tube Companj and tor tour years was Sinn, mansion containing 211
employed in Kngia, langing tube ''"'">: li,r'i" bftrDi ;""i ;i ">ine-room
mills from the old process of welding •hv"11"1* '"'"-'■ The mansion is beau-to
the modern 'bell" process. Mr. Ufu"> """' "" **■ -""""! 1""1 "'
Inventor of several appli- :| '"-"""^ countrj Mr. Supple, will
- tor the manufacture ol i mansion and experts tore
which pro. has Increased the ■»">"> then* about October 15th.
output of furnaces and Insun B "
making oj s better tutu . He has | QUICK WIT SAVES LIFE
II- covering his process In England
and Germanj and appli. anon has Po„,h Laborer Saves Fellow Wopk.
been ma ■• tor i nlted states patents. m, n rrom 3ejng Crushed t0 Deatn
Abel rhomaa, tip' treasurer ol the
concern, is a machinist of ability and
much ex] erlenc . i le has been the
ie< bank .it I he Loni
plant for several yeara and has a thor-knowledge
• i pipe making mar
j. For '..'- y. ni's b. was employ
A roll.-!, laborer was baved from a
most horrible death In tin' North mill
of the Ah.a Wood iron and Steel Com-pany,
last Wednesdaj by the presence
of mind and prompt action ol a t< I
low laborer The Polish laborer was
rU". '; drawim an empty buggy used „,
Mlddletowu and manj of these years transporting sheets of iron about the
was mast I the wort e-
II. .1. Kietnraau, the secretary, baa
been with the Longmead iron < an-il,
.-man for the past flf-teen
years and has B large pi i
acquaintance in the pipe and plumbing
SUppl) irn.i'
The Incorporatora ol the i in
will in v r. Creasman, Abel Thomas,
II I Kb inuiaii. Dr. .1. yulncy Thomas
and II. Alan Dawsbn.
it Is i xpetted that '!|<" Company will
mill This buggj is mou d on small
iron wli.ri: anil is drawn by a long
handle. 'I '■« man In going thr.
tin mill w..., his buggy took a short
cut. which passage way he was not
supposed to use, bj the ensjlne. The
grout wheels ut the bttgg] si I ink the
■ plati of the i ogine and threw
tin handle around with such force
that the man was thrown sprawling
on the bed plate and under the crank
si an ol tit'' angina Th« shaft was re-be
ready to tak< over tha plum and volvlng ami as U dears the bed plate
begj'n operations bj October 1st. The by about three Inafaea, the proatrate
mill when in full op. ration win em-ploy
ion men and boys
Local people are investing in the
man was in danger of bi Ing • r
to death, A fellow workman, who wit-nessed
thi accident ami was standing1
iew concern and it is believed that near the engine, quickly grabbed the
there win he no trouble in disposing
HI the small amount of stock offered
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J. BRESSEX
LADIES' AND GENTS'
TAILORING
I Wfit Elm Street
Consbohocken, P«.
PEAD THE RECORDER SI Per Vr.
taib n m in and dn W his bod Bgi
th. ■ ng in pedeatal and held turn un-til
the . Dgine was stopped.
All who Witnessed the acrid, in wer
terror stricken and when the man had
been released from bis perillous pos
ition. it was found that th.- crank of
lhe engln. had struck him and tore
the back out of his shirt and made a
red Streak down his back. A small
fraction of an Inch closer and his
ha' k would have been broken. The
laborer laid off a day being unable to
work) owing to t'ie shuck from bis ex-perience.
ATTEMPTED TO GRAB
A LADY'S PURSE
STRANGER TRIED TO SNATCH
MESH BAG FROM MISS MAUD
SPEAKER'S HAND WHILE CROSS
INC THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER
BRIDGE ON FRIDAY EVENING.
MILL HANDS PROBABLY PRE-VENTED
THE ROBBERY.
REV. S. L BAUGHER
WILL RESIGN
Miss Maud Speaker, the young and
accomplished daughter of Mr. ami
Mrs. Harrj speaker, ui Josephine
avenue, West Conshohockcn, was
made th. victim of an unpleasant ex-perience
while crossing the Scbuyl-kilikiil
river bridge shortly before
in.:!" o'cioi k on Friday even ng.
Miss Speak, r is employed as a sten-ographer
ami bookkeeper lor a large j
business concern in Philadelphia and
usually arrives in this borough about ;
6 O'I lock, but on Friday evening she
was detained in the cltj and did not
return until the train arriving here at
10.18.
AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
PASTOR OF GULF CHRISTIAN
CHURCH DECIDES NOT TO WITH
DRAW RESIGNATION.—HE WiLL
PREACH HIS FAREWELL SER-MON
NEXT SUNDAY.
Rev. s. L. Baugher, who has been
pastor of the liulf Christian church
tor II y. iirs and three months, and
wh. i' II) tendered his resignation
at the si : vil e on May 1 l»h, last :. is
after careful consideration, refused 10
w-i'iul aw his resignation which be
was asked to do at that time and will
pr . ii ins far. wcii si rmon in I b.
oi worship here on Sunday, Au-gust
27th. Thus lie will clos. hi
Morale in ,: church where he has s< . . -
Apparently feeling no timidity, the
young lad; started tor her West Side
home unaccompanied, she had reach
ed past the middle of the long bridge
w ic i, she noticed the fig . of a man
approaching and seemingly in a hurry
Thinking nothing unusual of this she
continued op her homeward Journey,
with a mesh bag fastened around her
wrist and a book in her hand. When
the man i a stranger to .Miss Speaker)
WSt about lo pass her he made ,i grab
tor the bag, inn it was fastened so-eiirely
and lied ,| not BUCCOed in break
ing it loose, although the sudden jerk
threw tie hook out of tie- young la.lys
band.
The mesh bag contained a sum of
money, a monthly railroad tick't ami
ia
After tr. Ing '■ ..rail tin- lias: lhe man
started to run ami a Short distance
further passed a number of working
nun returning from th- n i
notii ed th but
thought nothing or it, bellevelng that
he was ma aware ol tin- exact time
and was hurrying to catch me
from which Miss Speaker alighted
n lhe men 01
er she tob! tic lie n what |he strati -. i
had tried to do and she thought he
had lid,. D hi . book but. it was found
lying on the bridge and banded to her.
The young ladj was badly frighten-ed
by her • xp. rience aid c. utlnued on
lier way home ndcr the protection of
the rolling mill men with whom she
was » ell a. quaint, d,
The case has not been reported I'1
th. police
en i. m.-. Rev, Mr. Itaugher came lo
[the charge here from the South and
! sin 11 ed. d Rev. .1. B. F. nwick That
his label'.- ha\e not. been In \ain la
Shown b) th'' large increase in in. ii
|p in the church and th" in. llj
bnpn which nave be. n made
t lie i dlflce during his minis; iy
nt Gull Mills. Tin- church is tre. f
George Knight., is years eld, a
grandson of John Briley, ol Spring
i Mil. avenue is a deserter from the
United States Navy and a fugitive
from Justice. \ oung Knight ban made
his home with his grandfath. r for the
past twelve yeara ami has been a shift
saving of time and money" to the "can" j *? sort "f a boy "" '-"i"'1*'"1 ww»
di.lai.s and are better suited to the'**'*"" °" |,sm " his K'^d'ather
People, many of the Commit!, emeu It0 •ecure employment and try to be a
are in favor of nominating all can T* A,",,!' ,fa( ,:""""" ;,u"' ' " e»-
didates at the uniform primaries.
There has In en a dill, rence Of opin-llated
in the Navy at Philadelphia,
but there was a little more work at-ion
us to whether assessors will be ,:"'"''' "' ""' '"'' "l!UI Kn*hl ,'a^e',
elected in November aa the present «" and the discipline was very die-
KM hold certificate of election taWetul <n "" ■""> 8th- wnil* '"' WM
making their terms explr. aexi year, I,tatloned "' Bohtoa' tte ,ook PWnch
but as no borough cr iiiun.v office*■■ '"al' a" ' la """ l"'~'" ' liV "" Navy
can be tilled at the 1912 election, as- '''I'"•||l'< "' " ' desnter and a re-ward
of fifty dollars is offered tor his
capture
After running awaj I nun Hoston
.- «ill be elected tins taib
Five Councllmen are to be elected
in November and Miles Btemple, R
pubUcan Of the First ward will again Knight wandered about the Kast for
be a candidate t. succeed himself and some time ^nt\ arrfved In Conshohock-at
the in scut writing, no Democrat en on august 10th. His grandfather
has announced himeell to oppose Mr, did aoi knew- thai he had deserted,
8totnpie, who in past elections haa yeveing that he came here an a fur-i..
.n. Democratic endorsement lough, He stayed here until Sunday
and a number of that party have ex and left bout tour o'clock in the
i •'•- b. Ing in favor afcernoon Art. r be had gone, Mr.
of again endorsing bis candidacy. Briley missed two gold watches and
In tin Fourth ward. Frank McPhil- a vm.li fob and charm. Ii la.- been
.ii.>. the Democratic repreaentative ascertained that the watches were
is iikei. io be a candidnti tofsuceed taken from a bureau drawer and were
himself, and many Republicans have stolen some ..m, be: woon last Friday
1 a sugg. on ol nomin ; Sundaj aft. moon, one ol the
former in,mess F. J. Bloomhall, to op watches was aold to a resident of
pose Mr. Mol'hilomy. The former bur- Bprinj \im avenue for |1 and this was
g.ss is <i„se to borough affairs and recovered. The other watch is a Nne
his record aa burgess proves that be time piece valued at over | it la
would make an efficient councilman. a Waltham movement aet dn 18k gold
In tin Second ward. Councilman hunting case. The fob is valued at
Noblers term expires and it is llkelj j22 and the charm at 180.
that W. ti Garrett, station agent for
the P. u. R. will be a candidate for] Ml' Brilej greatly treasured the
Mr. Noblet's seat. .stolen time piece and would not car-lu
the Third ward, Mr. Sllngluff'a Ir3 '' '"' fl:"' '"' "li-1" linjnre or loae
lebt, was dedicated free from all en- ,,.,.„, expirea and in the Firth ward. "•
cumbrances in March. 1895, and still Uir Crossmore tmiahea his term. The '''' mother ol the boj is a resldenl
remaining on a sound financial baae unj]attcr saya that h. will not be a can- "' Philadelphia and thi boy
dldate and aa yet no one has been llU ''"" 'i; '"•' 1""1" i""i '-lie homo
mentioned for his place, it is likely ol ll;s grandparent
that Mr. SUngluff will be returned. Bealdes the government wan-ant.
... which is cm for Knight, Mr. Briley
The feature most talked about |uat'hBd " w:"'l:"» bwued In Philadelphia
iir Mr. Baughers pastorate When
his resignation was tendered in
last a ape. lal m< • ting of th< memb. ra
was bold to take action on tbe n
nation. By B voti Of I11 to 13, it w»»
decided thai he should still remain at „„„ j,, Mcntgomerj COunty politics is "" "''" as '"''''' ""' "" ll"v'
i and a committee was ai
pointed to wait on him and ask bin to
wiijidraw his resignation, He
since beep considering the matl r
with the abov. reault,
thi ' ii pbana • 'ourl Judg. i andldacj,
and the Beekter alter actual fa. •
i i .. ■• .. itii the pos- bllitj that In
1 that queation lies the
ir. (i thi propose
Bion movement, i
11 ■ s. oi the Bituation is maraed
with much uncertainty. The i;
Health Officer Orders Ceil Closed ' ■' suggestlnj Attorney Samuel
After Prisoner Has Night's Battle I"- High, for the Judge nomine, pre |ng ,,, announci the engagement
With Bugs.
POLICE CELL QUARANTINED
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Promir.ent Society Couple Announce
Engagi ment in a Unique Way.
\'r. and Mrs liar:;. Sherman Right-
. r of "Spi Ingi tteabury," Spring Mill en
ti run n. a at dime r on Baturday • i en
of
,llM ,h" Problem would be theli daughter, Salome H., and Alan
W i .bines ol this borough. Covers
No. i cell in the borough hall i is "'" contradiction that most of them .,..,,, .,, ,, ... Dl ,.,, Tne ,,,,,.,.,..,,
..i i .:. • I losed by Health Of • ' the reception |ona were charmingly carried out In
Nevilli and ihstructi. ch theli proixnitlon rec. the pink rose-buds. The favors were tiny
prison* ai place,i in ii u i ada of repr. tativ. Keystonen cupldi which held the boutomV
tie- ... ii is freed of bugs and vernflu. None- of the latt. ,,,.M unique was the form of announce
I.;-M wmier the borough gave lodg- that they would aoi accept High but ,1|irr |.illk ami white parrots per.
in-- to .. great number of tramps i ! • It actions Indli ate thi I their b< arts j saucily on the rim of the glass, s, held
No. I cell has usually been the tramp are sol n tne|r Djn„ lilu, jtui]. envelopes eon-
'" '! elr predictions I islred it ,.,:,.,„. ,,,,. ;,„,„,„,,, men( .., ,,„.
mnj be bad In th. fact that al a re- conclusion of the dinner, Mr. Jos C
' .(ones father or the groom-to-be most
lie man whi
. ... In li.e spring it was found ■
that • d left manj b< d b iga
tin 1^-. Tie- bUga leu B mult ipl'eil - .
rapidly thai the ordinary met ii d
■ i for their extermination hai lj In thi eld foi Judg. Solly the
tai.ed. Th- station bouse has been present be the
repadnted, fumigated and whltewi
..I but the bugs must have just i
while these operations were going on.
Council has given permission to the
Police Committee to have the woe.
Stops earache in two minutes; tooth b,'"ks '"''" "u! aa'' ''' lla"'1 wIlfl lr "
or pain of a burn or scald in five 0,1,s Tne am ''""'is h;IVl' '"'" ol » " I :l"' fualon movement or it the
minutes. Hoarseness in one bohr *«red and It to expected that thaj
tw« iocs; - roat "Tlvxe and be put in plane tola week
I ir Thi '
o;i monarch over pain.
i On Prida) night a prisoner was I .
Republican nom
lm< in among i lemocral
• iui Ia f. i an oinionenl to Solly and
if the strain continues || may result
in a break on thla leading candldacj
ui' I thas In ihe i pinion of manj lm-
.i'l- r will
trifle earlj to assume
Mother Giay'$ Sweet Ptwders
Children
for
i es b'everishnt s, B .'■•,.■
Teething Dlaorders, move and regu-lat.
the i.ow.-'s and are ;
remedy for Worms, Deed by Motl
ed in thi cell and spent a nigh: of tor- UUl . Qa to i„Ci|; .
lure with the bui i stated thai is Controller Jchn \. Jacobs an aapir
Will never come K) this town again to Bn) Tl, gucceed himself will not be op-ait
iMaorderl II tha puniahmect la posed seriouslj for thi Republican
at and bed hugs. nomlns oi I ■ made an excel-lent
rfcord during his appointive ti riu
and is rommended Irrespeotlve of par-ty
While the Controller will almost
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and .Mrs. Jose] h Hem,*.
era for 22 years. They neve- fall to I lank .heir friends and
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Al nil MruggriBts X50. Sample '
Address. K. S. Olmsteari. I>> Rev. N t
Bicycle repairing In all branches
at Kehoea—oppo. school
foi tb« ir kindness shown to them dur-ing
tb< t: ber< i,N. ment
.'agonized by the Demo-combina-tion
thor. is a strong probability thai
he \v iil be . lected. This of c.
BJl/fr^ nllPijrrt itTt •
ol Uie Li.-auMliauif machine (w,, i
If you have an Item of news social, which I filti say, Jacobs is im-personal,
or otherwise, send it to the popular because of his Independence)
Recorder iConttmn-d on Page. Two)
tffectivelj lead a poem i mpose.l for
the occaafon by Mrs. .lones. it
Wl :. high i oinincu lalie . in all pres-ent.
The wed.ling will take place ill
in-' II ai future
The grOOm-tO-be is one Of the bor-ough's
beat know ti men. He is super-intendent
al th«' Schuylkill Iron Works
and is prominent In the social life of
t a • oiinty.
bride-tO-be is prominent in the
social life here and has assisted her
• i . ... elaborate receptions
and dinners. The engagement is a
tin.si popu'ar one ami the couple aru
i ou^n.tillations.
Thoae present at the dinner were:
Mr. and Mrs. JOB, G .Idles; Mr and
Harrj RIgbter, Mr. and Mrs Sam
uel Kightir. Dr. and Mrs Qeo. Crosh;
MlBS The.) li.gli'er. Miss Anna Rlght-
Sri Mis.. Salome Righteri Mr. Alan w.
Jones; Mr, and Mr.-,. Chaa w. Jones
Mr and Mra. Prank .1. C Jones; \ir.
Vi K Wood.
If von have an Item of news social,
p-i son al. or othorwU-", Fend It to the
Bssorass:.
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