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t Consljofjocliett Eecor&er. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 4575 THE C0NSHOH0CKEN RECORDER TUESDAY, FEBRUA RY 18, 1913 91 PER YEAB NO PARTY POLITICS IN BOROUGH ELECTION MANY TAX PAYERS BELIEVE NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT CONSIDERING PARTIE8.-A CITI-ZENS PARTY IS FAVORED AND MEN FITTED FOR POSITION8 SHOULD BE CHOSEN. DID NOT ELECT JANITOR The present financial condition of the borough and the fear of a good size boost in the tax rate or a special fevy of taxes has created an Intes t in borough affairs among the taxjM era. A number of tax-payers have signi-fied their desire that nominations for vacancies in town council shall be filled by men who art the choice of the whole people regardless of poli-tics. It has been suggested that a Jcitzens party be formed and a full ticket be named for the eleven vacan-cies which are to be filled in Council at the November elox-t'on. The object of the party is not to light tlic present councilmen but .K; there are eleven vacancies to fill k presents an elega.ii opportunity for ambitious persons to seek office sim-ply for the honor of holding it, re-gardless of their fitnesf for the duties to be performed. The borough now bus a debt of $173,- OOO in bonds, about $10,000 in no'es and have contracts let which will a-mount to over $10,000. It is now pro-posed to issue $18,00" in bonds to take care of this deficit, which will amount to about Ji!7,00O. There is much street work to be done and throughout the balance of the year, much cleaning and repair work will have to be done. There is insuffic-ient money to do this as the street ap-propriation has been reduced to $2500 for regular work and $3800 for spec-ial work. Tho latter amount will be used as soon as some of the present contracts are completed. The regular street work account is now about one-half exhausted. It can be readily seen that the next council will have a serious finaniejal problem to solve and if it is not prcpt-rly handled, the taxpayers will nav ;< fine bill to pay. A number of prop* : ty owners have suggested thr. a i*)nimittee be form-ed in each ward to select candidate? and these candidates be nominated on the tickets of all parties. Several of the members of the present council have signified their intention of re-tiring at the expiration of their terms The primaries, for the nomination of borough officers v. ill be h'ld in .Tune and their is uie pie time for can-didates to announce themselves. School Board Holds Over Bids In opened until next Monday A meeting of the School Board was held last evening for the purpose of awarding a contra t for janitor ser-vice at the schools. Upon receiving the resignation of .lanitor Robert Herron, it was decided, instead of filling the vacancy by apopintment, to award a contract tor the janitor service for all the. schools. Bids were received last evening but tho Hoard decided not to open them as it is expected that other bids will be of-fered and all will be opened at a meeting to be held next Monday ev-ening. * The matter of providing another sewage well was discussed. The mat-ter was ref»rred to the Buildings and Grounds Committee. HOUSES BLOCK STREET; MUST BE REMOVED Opening and Grading of Third Ave-nue Necessitates the Removal of Two Dwellings. WANT THIRD JUDGE IN UNITED STATES COURT CONGRESS ASKEJ TO ADD TO DISTRICT COURT TO RELIEVE JUDGE JAMES b. HOLLAND.— HIS HEALTH 18 NCT GOOD—THE JUDGE IS NOW IN FLORIDA TO AVOID THE RIGORS OF THE WINTER. WOMEN ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHT A Most Disgraceful Secene was Wit-nessed by Situ t day Night Shoppers The crowds of Saturday night shop pers witnessed a most disgraceful scene at Hector and Fayette streets, at 10:30 o'clock. Saturday night. Two colored women, HfcTte Brown and Louis.'. *-ife of Joseph Brown, en-gaged in a list fight v hich resulted in the arrest of both or them. The wom-en met at the ooraor and lx>uise ask-ed .Marie to pay for some goods which she had bought of her. Marie refused and the women got into an alterca-tion. They attracted much attention and to the surprise of the crowd, be-gan fighting.They pulled each other's hair and clinched. Neither could break holds and they rolled into the gutter. Office lluth arrived or. the scene at this time and pulled Marie out of the gutter and then gavo his assistance to Louise. She did not respond to his pulls U her luitr was entangled in the iron tree box, on the corner. The Officer disentangled her hair and got her on her feet. He ordered the wom-en to go home, but >'arie became im-pudent and the officer took both wom-en to the station houee. Burgess Rav gave them a hearing and tire evid-ence was that both the women had been drinking and were disorderly. They were discharged upon payment of a fine. Marie gave her age as eighteen years. The authorities could not find out where she secured the liquor that intoxicated her. SUPERVISORS IN SESSION The Montgomery County Supervis ors Association are holding their an nual sessions at che Court House to day. Attorney Henry M. Tracy will to-morrow morning, at the court house, Xorristown, present, to the County Commissioners and the jury to assess damages, claims for damages to the house* of Mrs. Mary McGovera and Anton Dirmazer, which now stand in the way of the grading of Third ave-nue, from Maple to Freedley street. The court has termed an opening order for the street and the borough has passed a resolution ordering the removal ol all obstructions from the street that it might be graded. The house of Mrs. McOovern is the old homestead at the Collins family and one half of it is directly in the path of the street. The Dirmazer house is a twin stone buihli'U and is also in Uie street's path. The opening and grading of West Third avenue is a part of the work specified in the loan schedule and the residents of the avenue have persist-ently asked town council that the work on the street be started. The boiough has partially graded tho street and it is expected that as soon their damage claims and the claims have been settled, the obstructions. which consist of three stone dwell-ings— tho McGovern and Dirmazer houses and the one adjoining the lat-ter— steps, fences and entrances to houses, arc removed, the street will be graded. Couneil has given this Ittreet much consideration and at the last meeting, it was stated that mon-ey would have to he provided for the work as the residents ire that section hare little or no conveniences, in the way of stivi-ts. Because of the poor, health of Judge H >lland, of the United States District Court, prominent lawyers of Philadel-phia, are supporting a bill Introduced in the national Hous.i of Represents tives by Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer for a third Judge in the Dis-trict Court, so th.it Judge Holland may nave an opportunity to take - a va ation and regain his health. The Palmer bill provides for a third Judge ,in addition to Judges Holland and Thompson. Judge Holland is only .'>!! years old and could not retire until the age of TO. The only way of re-lieving him of his judicial duties until he is in t'etter health, is to add a Judge to this court. In support of this measure, a dele-gation of Philadelphia lawyers, head ed by Henry P. IP-own, appeared be-fore the Judiciary Gcnvral Committee of the House of Rnuresentatives last Friday and urged the passage of the bill This delegation included JudgJ McPherson, Frank P. Prichard, Owen J. Robert, George Wentworth Carr, Ernest L. Tustin, Frui.cis Fisher Kuae William A. Glasgow, Jr., J. Howard Iteber, Howard W. Page. Charles Bi.ldle and United States District At-torney John C. Swartley, of Doyles-town. At Washington, Judge •Gray, sei:or Judge of th" Circuit Court of Appeals, joined the Philadelphia con-tingent. It is the general understanding that the third judge bill will pass this house, but it is a question whether it can be brought befoie the Senate In time for passage at this session of Congress. There -s no doubt anioitg its idvocatts oi lha passage of the measure by the next Congress.. i'he consensus of opinion among the persons Interested in this piece of legislation is ilia*, the appoi.itee should be a democrat. President-elect Wilson will be given the opportunity of appointing the ;uc'ge. The con-gestion of busiuess in the United States courts also Increase the Je-mand for the pass.i-; ■ of this meas-ure, it was explained. NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY A LIST OF NEW BOOKS ADDED TO THE FREE LIBRARY SINCE NOVEMEER 1st-MUCH FICTION FOR ADULTS AND CHOICE ONES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.—LIT-ERARY IS NOW USED MORE THAN EVER. ANNOUNCE WEDDING Carlisle Girl, Who Has Many Friends Here, was Married on Saturday Mr. and Mrs. I.ouls C. L-esher an-nounce the marriage of their daugh-ter, Grace Meredi'.h, to Mr. Ralph Jacob Warner, on Saturday, the fif-teenth Inst., at 'Carlisle, Pa. Mrs. Warner has been a frequent visitor to this boroug.i and has many friends here. She is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roberts and .dr. and Mrs. Samuel .V< redith, of this borough. MGR. KENNEDY SEES POPE Two American Women are Presented at Vatican The Pope yesterday received la and ience Bishop Kennedy, the rector of the American College, who has just returned from his Christmas vacation in the United Slates Mgr. Kennedy presented to the Pontiff Mrs. Kambo, of Norrlstown, Pa., and Miss Gerald-iu Ryan, of New York. Bishop Kennedy saiys the Pope is in 'i depressed over the death of his sister and his health is good. He welcomed Mgr. Kennedy in the moat cordial manner and asked after the health of his aged parents, whom he hoped God would preserve for many years. The Pontiff expressed himself as deeply gratefuly for the many sym-pathetic messages he had received from America on the death of his sister. If In need of anything, try a Re-corder Want Ad. CHARGED WITH PERJURY Former Resident of this Borough Ac-cused of Giving False Testimony Charged with laving wantonly, criminally and deliberately commit ted perjury while a witness before the (k>urt, Bernard Stern, a.i aged and well-known resident of this town, was arraigned for a hearing before. Magistrate E. M. Harry, of Norris-town, on Saturday, whea he was ob-liged to furnish baii to the extent of $1000 for his apperranee at the March sessions of ("curt. His son-in-law, Asher Levi, cf Norrlstown, bo-came his bondsman. The prosecution acinst Stern was brought by I-ouis M. Harris, who in a lengthy affidavit charges the de-fendant with haviu/ given false tes-tiinoney when called UF a witness in a civil suit that was heard bvfor) Judge A. S. Swart/. - This suit was brought by l.ouis M Harris, assign?? of John N. Fletcher vs. I<ena Citron, executrix of the late Abraham Citron. The litigation was before the courts for several terms and was an action upon a mortgage for $7000. After the testimony had been heard at the De-cember term for rover*! days the-parties anniounced that a compro-mise had been reached and that set-tlement was pending. It is charged by Mr Harris that when Stern was called to the stand to testify in behalf of the defendant, who is his daughter, he gave such evidence that assisted her and that was absolutely untrue. In the affi-davit filed Mr. Harris sets forth the entire testimony given by Mr. Stern and then charges that all of it was willful perjury on his part. Retur"ed from the South Doctor and Mrs. George N. Highley returned home yesterday, after a two weeks' visit at Pinehurst, North Caro-lina. ADULT FICTION Window at the White Cat.. .Rinehart Their Yesterdays Wright Inner Flame Burnham Miss Wealthy, deputy sheriff.... Ned Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Norris Romance of Billy-go.it Hill Rice Mr. Achilles I^ee Revolt of Anne Roy'.j Martin Woman Haters ... .■ Lincoln Tales cf two countries Kielland Rise of Roscoe Paine Lincoln Cry in the Wilderness Waller Bride's Hero Revere l.ady and Sada Sa I Little Upas Tree Barclay I .ed-horse claim Foote Arm-chair at the Ir.n Smith "l'.* Q", or in the wireless house.Train Clayhanger Bennett Soddy Comstock Corporal Cameron Connor Picked company Foote Long Roll Johnston Sonny Stuart Heather Moon Williamson Lost World | Doyle Heroine in Bronze Allen Hortense Helmburg Maiden's Choice ~ ..Heimburg Charge it Bacheler Around the World with Josiah Al-len'* Wife'" Ilolley Holly, the Romance of a South-ern Girl Barbour Barrier Bazi.n Jewel's story book Burnham John Ward, Preacnur Deland Keziah Coffin Lincoln Story of an I'ntold Love Ford Iron Heel London Mr. Pratt Lincoln Adventures of Francois .....Mitchell Where there's a Will Rinehart Marriage a la mode Ward Mystery White Riverman White Silent Places White Princess Virginia Williamson Set in Silver Williamson Miss Philura's wedding gown Kingsley Prudent Priscllla Weymyss Sidney Carteret, rancher ....Bindloss Ranching for Sylvia Bindloss Red House of Rowan Street, Doubleday Godparents Mason Calumet "K" Merwin-Webster Chip of the Flying l" Bower Between two Thieves !>ehan Pictures of Polly Courtney Honorable Mrs. Garry De I .a Pasture Partners of the tide Lincoln Shadow Stringer Sally Cast!etonv southerner Marriott Linda Montague Mother Norris ADULT NON-FICTION Auction of today Work Brazil in 1911 Oakenfull Pan American Union Barrett On Hazardous Serviio Beymer Royal Romances of to-day. .Durland War of Independence Flske Through the School Priddy Labrador Grenfell JUVENILE FICTION Gentle Interference of Bab..Daulton Fortunes of Phoebe Deland Further Adventures of Nils. .I^agerlof Miss Betty of New York.... Deland Pclly Prenliss Goes 10 School ..Gould Dragon and the Cross Paine Fugitive freshman Paine Old Ryerson Camp Campus Days Paine Mountain Divide Spearman How Phoebe Found Herself ..Brown One Thousand Men for a Christ-mas Present. Sheldon IBoy with the U. S,. Fisheries Wheeler Hereward the Wako Kingsley Kingsford. quarter ) Barbour Nandy Lee Warde Within the Silver Moon (Blgham Hallowell Partnership Brown Four Gordons Brown Phdlllppa at Halcyon Brown Jackson and ills Henley Friends Channon Doings of the Dollivers Cooke Sheaf of stories Coolidge Pecks in Camp Dudley On the Cinder Path Duffey For old Donchester Duffey Wht Happened at Quasi Bggleston Those Prejton Twins .... Forrester Sultan's Rival Gilman Knights of the Golden Spur. .Holland Lakerim Cruise Hughes Freshman (o-ed 1-ee Sophomore Co-ed l-ee J unior Co-ed Lee What Happened to Barbara ..Miller Kewpies and Dotty Darling. .O'Neill Redgauntlet retold for Boys and Girls Scott Chri3 Uie Model Maker Stoddard idttle Smoke Stoddard On the Old Frontier Stoddard Once a Volcano Houston Raftmates Munro Friends Is the end Dix Forest IMeasenger Ellis Jack Collerton's engine .. . .Godfrey Treasure of Mushroom Rock..Hump Head Coach Paine Little Puritan Cavalier.. ..Robinson Little Puritan's first Christmas.." Dorrance Domain \.. Wells Child of the Sun I... Banks Helen Oi raesby .. Moses Change Signals Barbour David Copperfield retold for children .. Dickens Oliver Twist retold for chil-dren Dickens General Nelson's Scout Dunn On General Thomas' Staff ....Dunn School team in Camp Earl Young Pitcher Grey Freshman Hopper With CarK>n and Fremont Benin Beatrice Leight at Coiiege . .Schwartz. Young Minute-man of 1812 Tomlinson Betty Wales Decides Warde JUVENILE NON-FICTION Pitching in a pinch ... .Matthewson Bold Robin Hood and his outlaw band Rhead Australia's story Marshall Canada's story Marshall India's story Marshall South Africa's story Marshall St. Nicholas, Nov. 1!'10-Apr. 1911 Fireman Jenks Story oi Tristram Brooks When Mother 1-ets us give a party _ Yale Touc hing second Even Wonder Book of the Atmos-phere Houston Independence day Schauffler Washington's Birthday . . .Sohlauffler Building the Nation Wada Children's treasure trove of of pearls • Tidleston Pictures from the lives of Great Composers Tapper Cookery for little girls Foster Fighting for the Empire Otis Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Story of ing Arthur and Knights Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coast Stockton Boy life of Napoleon Foa Pyle Pyle SLIPPED ON ICE; MAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED JAMES BURNS, OF WEST CON-SHOHOCKEN, SLIPPED ON THE ICE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AN* IN FALLING, STRUCK A WATER-ING TROUGH, SERIOUSLY IN-JURING HIMSELF.—18 NOW IN HOSPTAL. Laying on a cot In Charity Hospital Norrlstown, James Burns, a popular resident of West Cocshohocken, wh» lives with his parents on upper Ford Street, Is hovering between life and death, as the result of serious inter-nal injuries sustained by a fall on the ice on Saturday evening. Burns, in company with a couple of other men, was walking down Front street, late on Saturday evening and when in front of t&3 Rising Sun Ho-tel, he slipped on seme ice on th* pavement and fell heavily against a watering trough, which was placed in front of the hostelry ifor the accom-modation of horses. In falling th* unfortunate struck his stomach against the corner of the trough. Ha was so badly injureJ that he was un-able to rise to his feet. His compan-ions carried him into the home of Fe-lix O'Brien, proprietor of the Rising Sun Hotl, and a physician was sum-moned. Upon examination it was learned that the man had seriously injured himself and after administer-ing to his injuries h-; was removed to his borne. His condition failed' to yield to treatment on Sunday and it was decided to remove him to the hos-pital and in consequence the ambul-ance from Charity Hospital was sum-moned and the man removed to that Institution. Mr. Burns is in a critical condition, being too weak to withstand an oper-ation. This morning his condition la slightly improved. When quite young Mr. Burns suffer-ed an injury to the stomach and was in a serious conditi-M for a long time and it is feared that the accident of Saturday night has aggravated tit* old trouble. He is one of the most popular employees of the Schuylldil Iron Work, wehere he has been em-ployed for several years. "THE GARDEN OF SINGING FLOWERS" FIRE IN A DWELLING Upsetting of an Oil Stove Causes Ai Exciting Flre^ C. A. Desimone, I he well known lo-cal real estate broker, had an excitiug time, on Sunday afternoon, at his home, Tenth avenue and Jones street when an oil stove, in his dining room was accidentally «p»et and the blaz-ing oil poured over the door setting fire to the carpet and draperies of the room. Mr. and Mrs. Desimone had been away from home and returned about four o'clock in the afternoon. The heatei fire had teen dampened and in order to quickly warm the house, an oil heating stove was light-ed and placed in the dining room. A baby coach was in the room and this accidentally pushed against the stove upsetting the lattv. The oil in the lighted stove poured out on the floor setting lire to the «arpet and portier-es. Mr. Desimone had no time to summon help. He quickly ripped up the carpet and smothered the flames after a hard fight. The damage done amounts to 'about J6r>. iHad Mr. Desimone not succeeded in subduing the flanvs, the uouse would have been lost as the nearest Are plug is four squares distant. Council has givsn instructions to have a fire plug plaxod in this section and this fire should hurry action in the matter. READ THIS!—Jmt came in; the New Improved Big Ben Alarm Clocks, don't cost any more, get the Best— no one else has them. Get one from F. J. BLOOMHALL Watchmaker, Hector street, oppo. Bank—adv. 2t. A Novel Entertainment to be ' given by St. Mark's Choir "The Garden of Singing Flowers" is the tith. of a pretty musical canta-ta which will be given by the ehoir of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, in the G. A. R. hall, on Thursday evening of next week. The cantata will prove to be very entertaining and with it will be given an entertainment which will be composed of many novel fea-tures new to this town. Philadelphia talent has been secured to assist in the entertainment and the presenta-tion of the cantata which will be giv-en under the direction of Mr. Edgar G. T. Davis, the well-known local singer. The choir will consist of thirty-live voices. The proceeds of the affair will be given to the organ fund. A WASHINGTON CELEBRATION Camp No. 121, P. O. 5. of A. will Hold Annual Celebration on Saturday If you have an Item of news Social, Personal or otherwise, send it to The Recorder. In honor of the memory of General George Washington, Washington Camp No. 121, P. O. S. of A., will cele- . brate the 181st anniversary of the Great American's birthday, with baa-- quet and entertainment, in their hall, on Saturday evening. The committee of arrangements consisting of E. K. Eddleman, John P. Wood, Wllllard C. Young, Harold S. Bennett and 'Howard A. Eddlemaa have arranged a line program for the entertainment and the banquet should be a great success. The banquet will take place at 8:30 P. M. and the en-tertainment will follow the banquet The attendance will be limited t* membere of the Camp and their fam-ilies or two ladles. The committee has taken great care to arrange for every comfort for th* guests and the affair should prove n» be a very enrjoyabre one., • On Sunday morning, the membere of the Camp will assemble at the hall at 10 o'clock to proceed to Calvary church to attend divine service*. READ THE RECORDER—»1 A YR_
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, February 18, 1913 |
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Date | 1913-02-18 |
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t Consljofjocliett Eecor&er.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
4575 THE C0NSHOH0CKEN RECORDER TUESDAY, FEBRUA RY 18, 1913 91 PER YEAB
NO PARTY POLITICS IN
BOROUGH ELECTION
MANY TAX PAYERS BELIEVE
NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL
SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT
CONSIDERING PARTIE8.-A CITI-ZENS
PARTY IS FAVORED AND
MEN FITTED FOR POSITION8
SHOULD BE CHOSEN.
DID NOT ELECT JANITOR
The present financial condition of
the borough and the fear of a good
size boost in the tax rate or a special
fevy of taxes has created an Intes t
in borough affairs among the taxjM
era.
A number of tax-payers have signi-fied
their desire that nominations for
vacancies in town council shall be
filled by men who art the choice of
the whole people regardless of poli-tics.
It has been suggested that a
Jcitzens party be formed and a full
ticket be named for the eleven vacan-cies
which are to be filled in Council
at the November elox-t'on.
The object of the party is not to
light tlic present councilmen but .K;
there are eleven vacancies to fill k
presents an elega.ii opportunity for
ambitious persons to seek office sim-ply
for the honor of holding it, re-gardless
of their fitnesf for the duties
to be performed.
The borough now bus a debt of $173,-
OOO in bonds, about $10,000 in no'es
and have contracts let which will a-mount
to over $10,000. It is now pro-posed
to issue $18,00" in bonds to
take care of this deficit, which will
amount to about Ji!7,00O. There is
much street work to be done and
throughout the balance of the year,
much cleaning and repair work will
have to be done. There is insuffic-ient
money to do this as the street ap-propriation
has been reduced to $2500
for regular work and $3800 for spec-ial
work. Tho latter amount will be
used as soon as some of the present
contracts are completed. The regular
street work account is now about one-half
exhausted. It can be readily
seen that the next council will have
a serious finaniejal problem to solve
and if it is not prcpt-rly handled, the
taxpayers will nav ;< fine bill to pay.
A number of prop* : ty owners have
suggested thr. a i*)nimittee be form-ed
in each ward to select candidate?
and these candidates be nominated on
the tickets of all parties. Several of
the members of the present council
have signified their intention of re-tiring
at the expiration of their terms
The primaries, for the nomination
of borough officers v. ill be h'ld in
.Tune and their is uie pie time for can-didates
to announce themselves.
School Board Holds Over Bids In
opened until next Monday
A meeting of the School Board was
held last evening for the purpose of
awarding a contra t for janitor ser-vice
at the schools. Upon receiving
the resignation of .lanitor Robert
Herron, it was decided, instead of
filling the vacancy by apopintment,
to award a contract tor the janitor
service for all the. schools. Bids
were received last evening but tho
Hoard decided not to open them as it
is expected that other bids will be of-fered
and all will be opened at a
meeting to be held next Monday ev-ening.
*
The matter of providing another
sewage well was discussed. The mat-ter
was ref»rred to the Buildings and
Grounds Committee.
HOUSES BLOCK STREET;
MUST BE REMOVED
Opening and Grading of Third Ave-nue
Necessitates the Removal of
Two Dwellings.
WANT THIRD JUDGE IN
UNITED STATES COURT
CONGRESS ASKEJ TO ADD TO
DISTRICT COURT TO RELIEVE
JUDGE JAMES b. HOLLAND.—
HIS HEALTH 18 NCT GOOD—THE
JUDGE IS NOW IN FLORIDA TO
AVOID THE RIGORS OF THE
WINTER.
WOMEN ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHT
A Most Disgraceful Secene was Wit-nessed
by Situ t day Night
Shoppers
The crowds of Saturday night shop
pers witnessed a most disgraceful
scene at Hector and Fayette streets,
at 10:30 o'clock. Saturday night. Two
colored women, HfcTte Brown and
Louis.'. *-ife of Joseph Brown, en-gaged
in a list fight v hich resulted in
the arrest of both or them. The wom-en
met at the ooraor and lx>uise ask-ed
.Marie to pay for some goods which
she had bought of her. Marie refused
and the women got into an alterca-tion.
They attracted much attention
and to the surprise of the crowd, be-gan
fighting.They pulled each other's
hair and clinched. Neither could break
holds and they rolled into the gutter.
Office lluth arrived or. the scene at
this time and pulled Marie out of the
gutter and then gavo his assistance to
Louise. She did not respond to his
pulls U her luitr was entangled in
the iron tree box, on the corner. The
Officer disentangled her hair and got
her on her feet. He ordered the wom-en
to go home, but >'arie became im-pudent
and the officer took both wom-en
to the station houee. Burgess Rav
gave them a hearing and tire evid-ence
was that both the women had
been drinking and were disorderly.
They were discharged upon payment
of a fine.
Marie gave her age as eighteen
years. The authorities could not find
out where she secured the liquor that
intoxicated her.
SUPERVISORS IN SESSION
The Montgomery County Supervis
ors Association are holding their an
nual sessions at che Court House to
day.
Attorney Henry M. Tracy will to-morrow
morning, at the court house,
Xorristown, present, to the County
Commissioners and the jury to assess
damages, claims for damages to the
house* of Mrs. Mary McGovera and
Anton Dirmazer, which now stand in
the way of the grading of Third ave-nue,
from Maple to Freedley street.
The court has termed an opening
order for the street and the borough
has passed a resolution ordering the
removal ol all obstructions from the
street that it might be graded. The
house of Mrs. McOovern is the old
homestead at the Collins family and
one half of it is directly in the path
of the street. The Dirmazer house is
a twin stone buihli'U and is also in
Uie street's path.
The opening and grading of West
Third avenue is a part of the work
specified in the loan schedule and the
residents of the avenue have persist-ently
asked town council that the
work on the street be started. The
boiough has partially graded tho
street and it is expected that as soon
their damage claims and the claims
have been settled, the obstructions.
which consist of three stone dwell-ings—
tho McGovern and Dirmazer
houses and the one adjoining the lat-ter—
steps, fences and entrances to
houses, arc removed, the street will
be graded. Couneil has given this
Ittreet much consideration and at the
last meeting, it was stated that mon-ey
would have to he provided for the
work as the residents ire that section
hare little or no conveniences, in the
way of stivi-ts.
Because of the poor, health of Judge
H >lland, of the United States District
Court, prominent lawyers of Philadel-phia,
are supporting a bill Introduced
in the national Hous.i of Represents
tives by Congressman A. Mitchell
Palmer for a third Judge in the Dis-trict
Court, so th.it Judge Holland
may nave an opportunity to take - a
va ation and regain his health.
The Palmer bill provides for a third
Judge ,in addition to Judges Holland
and Thompson. Judge Holland is only
.'>!! years old and could not retire until
the age of TO. The only way of re-lieving
him of his judicial duties until
he is in t'etter health, is to add a
Judge to this court.
In support of this measure, a dele-gation
of Philadelphia lawyers, head
ed by Henry P. IP-own, appeared be-fore
the Judiciary Gcnvral Committee
of the House of Rnuresentatives last
Friday and urged the passage of the
bill This delegation included JudgJ
McPherson, Frank P. Prichard, Owen
J. Robert, George Wentworth Carr,
Ernest L. Tustin, Frui.cis Fisher Kuae
William A. Glasgow, Jr., J. Howard
Iteber, Howard W. Page. Charles
Bi.ldle and United States District At-torney
John C. Swartley, of Doyles-town.
At Washington, Judge •Gray,
sei:or Judge of th" Circuit Court of
Appeals, joined the Philadelphia con-tingent.
It is the general understanding that
the third judge bill will pass this
house, but it is a question whether it
can be brought befoie the Senate In
time for passage at this session of
Congress. There -s no doubt anioitg
its idvocatts oi lha passage of the
measure by the next Congress..
i'he consensus of opinion among
the persons Interested in this piece
of legislation is ilia*, the appoi.itee
should be a democrat. President-elect
Wilson will be given the opportunity
of appointing the ;uc'ge. The con-gestion
of busiuess in the United
States courts also Increase the Je-mand
for the pass.i-; ■ of this meas-ure,
it was explained.
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THE LIBRARY
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TO THE FREE LIBRARY SINCE
NOVEMEER 1st-MUCH FICTION
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FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.—LIT-ERARY
IS NOW USED MORE
THAN EVER.
ANNOUNCE WEDDING
Carlisle Girl, Who Has Many Friends
Here, was Married on Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. I.ouls C. L-esher an-nounce
the marriage of their daugh-ter,
Grace Meredi'.h, to Mr. Ralph
Jacob Warner, on Saturday, the fif-teenth
Inst., at 'Carlisle, Pa.
Mrs. Warner has been a frequent
visitor to this boroug.i and has many
friends here. She is a niece of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Roberts and .dr.
and Mrs. Samuel .V< redith, of this
borough.
MGR. KENNEDY SEES POPE
Two American Women are Presented
at Vatican
The Pope yesterday received la and
ience Bishop Kennedy, the rector of
the American College, who has just
returned from his Christmas vacation
in the United Slates Mgr. Kennedy
presented to the Pontiff Mrs. Kambo,
of Norrlstown, Pa., and Miss Gerald-iu
Ryan, of New York.
Bishop Kennedy saiys the Pope is
in 'i depressed over the death of his
sister and his health is good. He
welcomed Mgr. Kennedy in the moat
cordial manner and asked after the
health of his aged parents, whom he
hoped God would preserve for many
years.
The Pontiff expressed himself as
deeply gratefuly for the many sym-pathetic
messages he had received
from America on the death of his
sister.
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Want Ad.
CHARGED WITH PERJURY
Former Resident of this Borough Ac-cused
of Giving False Testimony
Charged with laving wantonly,
criminally and deliberately commit
ted perjury while a witness before
the (k>urt, Bernard Stern, a.i aged
and well-known resident of this town,
was arraigned for a hearing before.
Magistrate E. M. Harry, of Norris-town,
on Saturday, whea he was ob-liged
to furnish baii to the extent of
$1000 for his apperranee at the
March sessions of ("curt. His son-in-law,
Asher Levi, cf Norrlstown, bo-came
his bondsman.
The prosecution acinst Stern was
brought by I-ouis M. Harris, who in
a lengthy affidavit charges the de-fendant
with haviu/ given false tes-tiinoney
when called UF a witness in
a civil suit that was heard bvfor)
Judge A. S. Swart/. - This suit was
brought by l.ouis M Harris, assign??
of John N. Fletcher vs. I |
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