The Conshohocken Recorder, February 25, 1913

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COUNTY CAMPS HELD
ANNUAL CONVENTION
GIRL VISITOR GIVEN A SCARE
FLOURTOWN WAS THE CONVEN-TION
SEAT AND THE VISITORS
WERE FINELY ENTERTAINED.—
ORGANIZATIONS MADE GOOD
GAINS DURING THE YEAR.--
POTTSTOWN 9IVEN A FLAG
FOR GAINS.
The annual Couiilv Convention of
the subordinate Camps of the P. O. S.
of A., of Montgomery County, was
held on Saturday, February 22nd, ill
the Camp room of (amp No. 784 ■>!!
Flourtown Pa.
The convention v as called to order
at 10.00 A. M. by County Presiden',
William S. Campbell. On roll call 57
delegates from 29 "f the 31 Camps nf
the County, answered
A very interesting morning session
•was held.
At 12.00 o'clock the President de
dared a recess until 2.00 P .If. dur-ing
which time, delegates and mem-bers
mimi»'rin;: m >re than 100 were
escorted to the Central Hotel, when
a delightful dinner *aj servde.
At 2.00 P. M. ses.tion was re-opeu-ed
and regular business was trans-acted.
Report of Committees showed ac-tivity
and interest throughout tho
County.
The Secretary's -tport showed a
growth throughout the County of i
bout 200.
Camp No. 611 of Pottstown, making
the greater percentage of increase '.i
membership during the year, waj
presented by the President, on behalf
of and in the name of Washington
if-amp No. 121, a Bills i'ltar flag.
Reports from DlSt-lCt President, W.
S. Zimmerman of I'ittrict No. 2, as
well as District No. t showed growth
activity and interest in their districts.
Remarks were made by Past Coun-ty
President, H. \V. Aiken, of Camp
No. 114, of Norristown; Past. Dtat.
Pres. H. K. Kriebel, oi Camp No. 33,
of West Point: I'aM Dial. Pres. John
Megay ,of Camp No. 114, of Norris-town
and Brother I*. 8. Moore, of
Camp No. 866, of Ivulpsville.
The following offi 'ers were elected
for the ensuing year:'
Co. Pre:;—\V. S. Zimmerman, of
Camp 623.
'Co. Vice. Pres.—John E. Smale, of
Camp No. 92.
Co. M. of F.—C. D. Baker, of Camp
No. 114.
Co. Secy.—A M. Howland, of Camp
No. 33.
Co. Asm. Secy.—John E. Herman,
of Damp No. 502.
Co. Treas.—Owen Sweimhart, of
iCamp No. (Ml.
Place of Meeting, Monday Febru-ary
23, 1914—Royersfcrd.
Convention adjourned at 5.00 P. If.
lnsolent Young Mei Force Insulting
Attentions oi i Stranger.
A CORRECTION
To the Recorder:
Kindly contradict, in your next is-sue,
the statement regarding A. H.
Jones' disappearance and that his
whereabouts are unknown.
Mr. Jones went away for his health
and his family have been correspond-ing
with him. He reports getting a-long
nicely and will return as soon
as his health permits.
HIS FAMILY
STOCK BROKER
GFTS FREEDOM
Crimi"al Charges Against Him Wer?
Withdrawn
J. II. Copelund. till Philadelphia
stock broker, who war arrested las'.
Saturday on the charge of having
■old worthless sto -k to a number nf
prominent residen.s of Norristown,
will not be obliged to stand trial, the
case against him having been with-drawn
last week.
Copeland was charged before Mag-istrate
Eugene Egbert with having
obtained money under false pretense.
The action had been brought by Ex-
Recorder of Deeds, H. T. Hunsicker.
ex-sheriff, C. J. Buckley. John Keyser
and Henry H. Zimmerman. These
residents have purchased from Cope-land
stock, which they allege have
since proven worthless. They stale
that the broker secured from them
them $1360.
Copeland was before Magistrate Eg-bert
for a further hearing on Friday,
when It was announced by the pros-ecutors
that they desired to drop the
cbages. It is understood that Cope-land
returned the entire sum to the
prosecutors and paid the cost of pros-ecution.
A young lady arrived in town early
Sunday eveni.ig to pay a visit t>
ii lends in the upper part of town.
She was a stranger in the borough
and was instructed to board a trolley-car
on Fayette street. After shy a-lighted
from the tr»la, she went to
Kayette and Hector streets and the
cars backing down the hill OOOluBbd
hor. She asked a young man as to
which car she sho iM take to get to
her destination. The man gave her
the information inl then began to
force Mi" attentions uron her. Sever-al
other young men gathered about
the girl and becamo very' insolent
-and Insulting. Tho yiung lady board
ed a car and when she arrived at the
home of her friends, she was suffer
ing from nervous shock.
The occurrence has been reported
to the police.
PLEA FOR CURRENT HISTORY
Men and Events of Today as Worthy
as Ancients He Says.
At the annual meeting of the Mont-gomery
County Historical Society at
Norrlstown on Saturday, Edward W.
IHocker, of Germanlown, one of the
most active members, made a live
suggestion. His theme was j'Curreni
Ixical History," and he said:
"Due attention is given to the gat-hering
of facts relating to days long
past, but little is don-? to preserve the
sLory of important eccurances of the
present. This could be done either
by means of indexed newspaper files
or classified newspaper clippings or
by designating a historian to write
the narrative of each year's events
In the county. Take for example.
i In wonderful life cf Robert Collyer,
who, as a blacksmith, spent 10 years
of his early life In lower Montgomery
county ana who afterwards became
one of the foremost preachers anJ.
lecturers of the world."
ljooklng to the preservation of two
historic bpots. the society unanimous-ly
adopted resolutions indorsing a
bill prepared to Senator Vare, of
Philadelphia, for the perpetuation of
Militia Hill and Fort Hill, the site of
the Revolutionary Fort Washington,
in Whitemarsh, as a public park,
within approach alo'ig the Wissahic-kon
creek from the end of the pre-sent
Fairmount Park drive thus mak-ing
a boulevard from Philedelphla tn
Fort Washington.
Ex-Congressman Wanger reported
that plans have MM submitted for
a $300,000 bridge over the Schuylkill
River to mark the old Sullivan bridge
at Fatland, and said that he thought
tho Valley Forge Park Commission
should extend the Park grounds so
that the proposed i-ew bridge would
practically connect Norrlstown with
Valley Forge Park. J. P. Hale Jen-kins,
of Norristown, a member of the
Valley Forge Commission, said the
park commission and Governor Tener
favored the proposition, but that it
was hard to get the legislature to ap-propriate
anything for park additions
A RIOTOUS SUNDAY
Nick Pulumbo and Joseph Ramon-di
have had warrants Issued for their
arrest charged by Adam Nazo with
having committed an assault and bat-tery
upon him, on Sunday evening.
Pulumbo was arrested and Kamondi
made his escape. Nazo claimed that
the men attacked him and beat him
up. lie said they struck him on the
head with an iron bar or club, inflict-ing
a painful scalp wound. Pulombo
will be given a hearing before Magis-trate
Light, tills evening.
Another Italian obtained a warrant
yesterday, from Magistrate Light,
charging a fellow <ountryman with
having committed an assault and bat-tery
upon him on Sunday evening
The mn wanted has not been caught.
Yesterday, an Italian visited Magis-trate
Light and aakel for a warrant
for a fellcw countrymn, with whom
he boarded, charging him with steal-ing
his week's pay. The man said that
he gave his pay chock for his week'*
wages at the Ivy Rock Steel Plant
to his companion and asked him to
draw his pay. The friend did BO but
refused to hand It over to the owner.
The warrant was Issued but neither
the man cor the pay has been secur
ed.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS
NEW JANITOR
CONTRACT SYSTEM WILL BE
TRIED AND FRANK STALEY IS
GIVEN THE WORK AT $1800 PER
YEAR—COMMITTEE IS INSTRUC-TED
TO PROVIDE ANOTHER
WELL FOR THE DISPOSAL Or
SEWAGE.
Prank siaivy, of B. Third avenue,
was last evening awared the contract
for furnishing janitor service at the
schools, for the sum of $1800 per year
at a special meeting of the School
Board held for the purpose of elect-ing
a janitor.
There were sever J other bids of-fered
and at a lower figure than Mr.
Staley's but the bids did not offer to
perform the whole service and in the
manner of Mr. Stalty's offer. The
other bidders were: Joseph Stephens,
John Hutchinsoit, Either Elliott, of
this borough and George Markle, of
Plymouth.
Mr. Staley's bid covers the taking
entire charge of tho schools. Each
room Is to be swept each day and
eacn room is to be scrubbed at lea>t
once a month. He will employ a man
and two men besides himself to do
the work. Mr. Staley ie a young man
and resides adjacent to the school.
He has had experience in the taking
care of boilers and in fumigating.
Since the resignaiion of Robert
Herron, on February first ,the Board
decided not to till tho vacancy, but to
have the janitor work done by con-tract,
as it is bellevjd the service will
be better and cheaper. Mr. Staley
has Maied that he will engage How-ard
Buzzard, who it the present time
is one of the school janitors.
The Building and Grounds Commit-tee
was instructed tn have a large
well, for the disposal of sewage, dug
in the school yard. There is a large
well in use at present, in connection
with the new toilet system but to
better the system mother well Is nec-essary.
RENSHAW—THWAITES
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thwaites, of
Philadelphia, formerly of Oonshohock
en, announce the marriage of their
daughter Edna Gay, to Mr. Clarence
H. Renshaw, of Phl'aJelphia, on Feb-ruary
22, 1913.
The bride was married in a travel-ing
suit and hat to match. After On
ceremony a breakfast was held at the
home of the bride, at which only the
immediate families of the contracting
parties were present and the couple
left for their honeymoon amid the
congratulations an1 best wishes of a
number of friends. They went to At-lantic
City and upoa their return will
reside in Philadelphia where they
will be at home to the friends some
time early in Maria.
EDWARD P. EVANS DEAD
Aged Postal Employe Dropped Dead
while at Work
Edward P. Evans, cne of the oldest
employes at the Philadelphia Post
Office, dropped dead while at his
work enjoying his usual good health,
and after working for a time, was
suddenly attacked with acute Indiges-tion.
Mr. Evans was very well known in
this borough, having resided here at
one time and was a member of Fritz
Lodge of Masons. His last visit to
the borough was in December last,
when he attended a session of his
lodge. Mr. Evans was a widower
and has no know.i relatives. lh-boarded
at 1419 North Thirteenth St.,
Philadelphia.
Fritz Lodge has taken charge of
the body and will arrange for the fu-neral.
Entertained Mayor Blankenburg
Mayor Rudolph P'ankenburg aad
Mrs. Blankenburg, of Philadelphia,
paid a vbjlt to Mr. and Mrs. Horace C.
Jones, of Fayette street on Sunday.
TO OMIT WEEK SERVICES
The service* at Calvary Church dur-ing
this week, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, will be omitted. The Rec-tor
is compelled to take this action
in order to save his voice which has
been slightly strained from over-use.
PLAYING CHILD MEETS
WITH PAINFUL INJURY
WHILE VISITING AT THE HOME
OF HER UNCLE, LITTLE IRMA
RILES, FALLS ON NEEDLE,
WHICH BREAKS AFTER PENE-TRATING
THE KNEE.—OPERA-TION
FAILS TO REMOVE THE
PIECE OF STEEL.
Irma, a four-year-c Id daughter of
Mr. and tin. Benjamin Riles Jr., of
Norrlstown, was operated upon at the
home of bar uncle Alva S. Mackenzie,
on Josephine avenue. West Consho-hocken,
yesterday afternoon, to re*
move a piece of broken needle, which
had become unbeddo-1 in the child's
right knee, as a result of a fall. The
atttempt to reniow; the needle was
unsuccessful.
l^aat Thursday wullt the child was
visiting at the home ol her uncle, her
aunt Mrs. .Mackenzie was engaged In
sewing. The Uttle girl. In some
manner, procured % large needle and
began to do some sewing herself.
When she had finished, she attempt-ed
to pick up some pieces of cloip.
which had been dm>ped on the floor
and in hurrying to ccrry them to her
aunt, she fell. The needle, which
she had been using, ran into her
knee. The child's crying caused Mrs.
McKenzie to remove the stocking
and she noticed blood was oozing
from a wound where the needle en-tered.
Home remedies were applied to the
injury, but the next day the knee be
came badly swollen and the child
was unable to use the limb. Medical
attention was Immediately given and
on Friday afternoon an X-Ray exam-ination
of the knee was made. The
photograph showed that the broken
part of the needle had entered tho
knee and imbedded itfelf against the
bone. Owing to the position of the
needle il was decided to attempt to
draw it out by use of a magnet
would be useless although an attempt
was made, and It was found that the
only way In which to remove it was
to operate on the member. The op-eration
was a delicate one, and great
care had to be exerclbed In order that
the child would not be crippled.
While the needle was not removed, It
is believed that the child will not suf-fer
any ill effects frcm her experi-ence.
The coadition of the child, this
morning, was very good.
MEMORIAL TO WASHINGTON
Screen in Valley Forge Chapel Dedi-cated
by Bishop Garland
Special exercises In Washington
Memorial chapel at Valley Forge
wore marked Saturday with the dedi-cation
of a beautiful screen in mem-ory
of General Washington and the
brigadier generals who were with the
•Colonial army at Valley Forge 135
years ago. Bishop Garland dedicated
the screen, assisted by Edward R.
Noble, rector of All Saints' Episcopal
Church, Norrlstown, where the Rev.
Herbert Burke, founder of the Wash-ington
Memorial, wa« stationed at
the time he was establishing this his-torical
chapel. The inscription on
the screen read:
"To tho Glory of God, in honor
of General Washington, command
er-in-chief of the Colonial army,
and his brigadier generals at Val-ley
Forge, and in memory of Sam
uel Swift, and Mary Ann Swift,
his wife, this screen Is given by
their daughters, Elizabeth Swift
and Elizabeth S#ilt Zulich, Feb-ruary
22, 1913"
The screen is of oak, matching the
pews. On the end towards the aisles
are the arms of tho Washington and
Shlppen families ai.-i the inscription
plate. The font Is divided Into three
panels by buttresses, each of which
is surmounted by an angel In suppli-cation,
the angels representing God'a
Provdence, to which Wasrhlngton
attributed the success of the Ameri-can
patriots. There are 13 shields a-long
the base. On these are carved
the names of the brigadier generals
at Valley Forge. From left to right
the names are Mo In tosh, Maxwell,
Poor, Glover, Patterson, Wayne, Var-mim.
Wood ford, Muhlenberg, Weedon
Scott, Learned and Huntlngton. In
the panels above are 13 battle flags
of the Revolution, carved In wood
and colored.
H. T. BAKER KILLED
BY EXPRESS TRAIN
WELL KNOWN UNDERTAKER
WAS INSTANTLY KILLED AT
THE READING STATION BY THE
WILLIAMSPORT EXPRESS AT
1:48 THIS AFTERNOON.—WAIT-ED
FOR SHIFTER TO PASS AND
WALKED IN FRONT OF TRAIN.
Harry T. Baker, cue of the best
known undertakers ip. this county,
wag instantly killed at I:4S this af-ternoon,
by the North bound William-sport
express, tral.i No. 95, which
does not stop here. Mr. Baker was
struck by the train a few feet below
the Reading passenger station and
the body was hurled against the tick-et
office, fifty feet away. His skull
was fractured, and his legs broken.
The engineer of tho train did not
know that a person had been struck
as the train did not stop.
Mr. Baker was on his way to the
station and had walked up Washing-ton
street from Harry street. He in-tended
to cross the railroad at the
steps a few feet south from Fayette
street. Shifting engine No. 1200 was
at work below the station and Mr.
Baker waited until the engine had
passed when he stepiied onto the
north bound track. The noise of the
rolling mills at work and the shifting
engine prevented his hearing the on-coming
express. He did not see the
train nor was he seen by the engine-er.
He was struck fairly by the
train and hurled to the station' plat-form.
When railroal men had reach-ed
his side, he was dead.
The accident was witnessed by a
number of persons about the station.
A physician, who was soon on the
scene, pronounced Mr. Baker dead,
saying that death had been instantan-eous.
It is supposed that Mr. Baker was
on his way to Philadelphia, as he was
carrying a grip and had gone to board
the train leaving here at 2:12.
The acicdenl has cast a gloom ov-er
the town as Mr. Baker was one of
its most |>opuIar and prominent citi-zens.
The tram was on time and running
at a speed of about forty miles an
hour. Witnesses tc the accident
could _not say whether the engineer
had blown: his warning whistle or
not.
Mr. Baker came to this borough a-bout
fourten years ago and engaged
in the undertaking business. He form-erly
resided at Westville, N. J. He
Immediately became popular and en-tered
Into the life of the town. He
built upa .successful I usiness and was
known as one of the leading men in
his profession in this section.
He was a promient member of the
Men's Bible Class of the M. E.
Church and an officer of the Conshc-hocken
1-odge, K. of P.
He is survived by his wife and two
children, William and Leila, who re-
! side.at 137 East Seventh avenue.
JASPER BOOTH DEAD
Jasper Hummell, son of Margare1.
and the late James Booth, aged 21
years, died at the home of his mother
234 West Fifth avenue, on Saturday
of tuberculosis.
The young man hati been ill for
several years. He went to Mount Alto
several years ago in search of health
but he was net much benefltted. For
the past year he has been an invalid
and confined to the house most cf the
time. Tie wab educated In the local
schools and after leaving school en-tered
the employ of the H. C. Jones
Company.
Deceased was a member of Temple
No. 18, O. of U. A., Washington Fire
Company, No. 1, of this borough, and
Beaver Tribe, No. 62, !. O. R. 11. of
Norristown
The funeral will be held from his
mother's residence to-morrow after-noon,
at two o'clock The organiza-tions
of which he was a member and
the employes of the H. C. Jones Com-pany
are invited to attend. The Inter-ment
will be at Gulf cemetery. The
body may be viewed this evening.
If You Are A Trifle Sensitive
About the size of your anoes. it's some
satisfaction to kaow that many peo-ple
can wear shoes a size smaller by
shaking Allen's Foot-Ease Into them.
Just the thing for Patent Leather
Shoes and for breaking in New Shoes.
Sold Everywhere, 25c. Sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, \JB Roy. N.
Y.
BOYS C0UTS MAKE A
HIKE TO VALLEY FORGE
LOCAL TROOP HEADED BY GEO.
GILES, MARCHED TO VALLEY
FORGE TO CELEBRATE WASH-INGTON'S
BIRTHDAY—HAD A
HARD MARCH BUT A GOOD
TIME.—MET MANY OTHER
SCOUTS.
The leaders of the Boy Scout move-ment
In this section of the country
decided that the proper place for the
boys to celebrate Washington's Birth-day
was Valley Forge, so many troops
from Philadelphia and the surround-ing
section went there. The local
troop feting that the best good couM
be got out of the day by a hike,
marched o the historic camp ground
and returned on foot as far as Norrls-town.
The troop numbering eleven boys
under the leadership cf George Giles,
who has had many years experiencs
in the National Guard, left here at
9:15 o'clock Saturday morning. They
tramped across the river and up ths
river road to Bridgeport. The march
was a severe one as the road was
filled with mud an.l water. From
Bridgeport they went to Port Ken-nedy
and thence to Valley FoTge, ar-riving
at the chapel t>t 11:45 o'clock.
Considering the bad roads, the march
was made in good time end the boys
were complimented by their leader.
A service was oeing held In tho
^hapel and the boys attended it. At
the conclusion of the service the boys
ate lunch on the camp ground.
The boys Inspeote 1 the historic
grouudb anu made many acquaintanc-es
with visiting scouts The boys ex-changed
experiences and the locals
felt very proud of their march until
the League Island Boys recited their
experience. That troop left home on
Friday night nd after several tire-some
hours of hiking they bivouaced
ia a barn end slepi for two hours. At
three in the morning, they were again
on the march and - reached - Valley
Forge in the morning.
The boys met and talked with Step-hen
S. Alpiii, iFeld oCmmissioner and
visited the many nun is of interest ia
the park
At 3:15 o'clock they began the
homeward march and went as far as
Norristown where they arrived at
5:10 o'clock and came home on the
5.50 P. If. train. All the boys stood
the march well and had a great day.
The other troops at the Camp
Ground were Nos. M and 100 frosa
Philadelphia, Wayne, Gulf Mills and
Norristown.
JOSEPH HAYES CALLED
BY DEATH
Young Man had Long Been a Sufferer
with a Lingering Illness.
Joseph Hayes, sou of Catharine and
tho late Timothy Hayes, died in bis
20th year, last night, at the home of
his mother, 131 East Elm street.
Deceased was educated at St. Mat-thew's
parochial school, but owing to
ill healtht, he never had an employ-ment.
He has long been a patient
sufferer and for some time hae been
(confined to the hous*.
Besides his mother he is survived
by the following brothers and sisters:
Cornelius. Daniel, John, David, Timo-thy,
eGorge and tho Misses Elizabeth
iCassIe, Nellie and Mary.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of his moiher on Friday
morning at 8:80 o'clock. Solemn High
Mass of Requiem will be celebrated
in St. Matthew's Church at 9.30 o'
clock and the interment will be at St.
Matthew's cemetery.
TELUGU MISSIONARY TO
SPEAK HERE
Mr. S. 1). Bawden, who for sons
years, has been walking among the
Telugu people in Scu:hern India, wiil
make an address at the Mid-week ser-vice
at the Baptist Church on Wednvs
day evening. Mr. Bawden has bees
busily engaged throutg the winter la
delivering addresses in the principal
Churches of Philadelphia, and now
has engagements wft-ks In advance,
but fortunately is s-l-lo to come to
Conshobocken for Wednesday even-ing.
All are cordially invited to hear
him. The only purpose of the meet-ing
and the address by Mr. Bawden
Is to increase the knowledge of th*
people concerning the progress of
Christianity in India.