The Conshohocken Recorder, January 23, 1914

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BURGESS TO AROUSE
CLEAN TOWN SPIRIT
BURGESS INVITES THE STORE-KEEPERS
TO MEET AT BOR-OUGH
HALL ON MONDAY EVEN-ING
FOR A CONFERENCE WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
KEEPING THE STRETS FREE OF
WASTE PAPER.
LOVER ESCAPES FROM COP
Young Woman Objects to Italian Lov-er's
Methods in Live Spats
Burgess uioouiiiali recognises that
many little evils make a great evili
.and at present he is can., inn on aj
campaign [or clean streets In so far
as it is in his power to make them
olean, He has Btarted a crusade a-gainst
l!i'' waste paper nuisance and
Instead ol using the "big stick", he is
soaking an appeal to the personal and
Ivic pride of the citizens and of
course those who have no pride will
have to i>" given the "big Btick" treat-naent.
The burgess ha- r reived nuiner-oos
complains of waste paper being
thrown in the streets; lie has a] o oh
served the nuisance himself and lie is
to attack the evil at its source.
The burgess Invites and d
thut every storekeeper in the town to
iiitn at eight o'clock, Monday
• veiling, at the borough ball lor the
purpose or talking n\ ei tie' v. si te pa
i»cr evil, the disposing of refuse In
the s i the distribution of ad-
-.eri,-.. :.ii-s and other advertis-
Annie Orler, a young woman, of
West Conshohocken and elsewhere
s» as beloved by Michael Katfo a young
Italian, also of West Conshohocken
und elsewhere. Mike took his loved
one lo a dove cole, which in common
language is but ■ shanty—a hover—
Ol one story and two rooms and is al-so
occupied by Mike's father, and
then' they lived like the weathei .it
I times peaceful and at other times,
stormy—for some time. The Other
day the blissful peace of love was
rudely broken and when the storm
had passed, Annie had a perfect I
men of a black ej ■ '. .- he came to this
In,, on,,!i and swore OUl a warrant be-fore
Magistral! Smith, charging Raf-in
with assault and battery, lie war
rant - and police
man William Heald who went to Raf-
. iuintv to ai rest him on Wednes-day.
The officer, armed with B warrant
ami a pair ol handcuffs, wi nt to the
Bhack and found Michael, hi.; fathi r;
a friend, a re idem ol Ma li "
and a woman \ latter. The frii ads
ere In earnest nun srsatlon a i n
man entered. Mike ami bis
friend re< in d and Introduc-ed
him to the old man. The father
FORMER RESIDENT
KILLED BY FALU
NINE MEN WERE THROWN THIR-TY-
FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND
WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED.
ALOYSIUS F. BURNS, A FOR-MER
RESIDENT OF THIS PLACE
WAS KILLED AND SIX WERE IN-JURED.
MISS DEGLER ELECTED
TO SCHOOL VACANCY
AUTO DEMONSTRATION.
\... - . •.. Hi aid's appearance
ing mat.i r ; - burgess will explain ;
the law on the subject of distributing
advt rtislng matter and he
that the merchants understand it
that no complications may arise. He
■win advise tie mrecbanta how to dis-tribute
t;" advertising matter and as
the) are n - onslble for what b<
BUI ii matter it »ill !"• of the ut-most
Importance to them to attend
the con ence.
i is • disposal of other refuse will al-so
be discussed and at the last legis-lature
lu's Invested more power In
the borough authorities governing the
disposal ol refuse and garbage, the
responsible (or the
• nforcement ol the law.
Sunday drunks are promised an un-happy
time when they appear before
the burgess tor a hearing on Monday
morning. The burgess will quest ion
each prisoner as to where hie secured
liquor.
HURT IN RUNAWAY
William Pepper, sou of Warren Pep
per of the A. L. Millet Planing Mill
Company, was driving on Hector
.•treet, late yesterday afternoon, on
his way to the mill with a horse and
carriage ti bring his father home,
When ii Walnut street the horse slid
denly boiled and ran madly up (Hector
street. Toie s grocery wagon was go-ing
eastward and the driver tried to
fiive room to the runaway but could
not The runaway crashed'into the
grocery wagon and a Vi heel was torn
■off the Pepper carriage. William Pep-peg*
tried to control his horse but
could not. lie held onto the lines
and was pulled over the dashboard in-to
the street, lie was dragged for a
distance of a hundred feet before the
horse was stopped. Pepper was badly
skinned and bruised but insisted on
taking his horse home, but the driver
of the delivery wagon persuaded him
to ride home with him and lead the
horse.
At the time of the accident there
was no trallic on the street except the
grocery wagon. Then- were no pedes-trians.
The horse has always been
quiet.
Pepper is spending to-day in bed,
caring for his wounds but will be able
to assume his duties within a day or
two.
WILL OF JOHN IWAGEE
The will of John I.. Magee, late of
this borough, admitted to probate in
the Register of Wills olflce, yesterday
morning, directs that deceased's sis-ter
Klla K„ is to receive as wages $.'15
a month from December 1, 1898 to
May I, 1906 at 3 per cent, compound
Interest and $50 a month from May 1,
190(1 until the close of their business
relations at 5 per cent, compound in-terest.
All the rest of his estate la
to be paid to his executrix, die names
his sister Fannie as executrix. Should
she die before his sister Klla K„ then
the latter is to be executrix. Should
Ella K. die first then Fannie is to re-ceive
the money bequeathed to the
■former.
Mike go." The officer was pleased to
believe that be would have no trouble
and he and Mike left the shant]
started through a little shed in which
a quantl id was piled.
whin- in the Bhed,,Heald decided to
uf! blS prisoner and had phut id
his back against the wood pile In or-i
r to safeguard himself against
: : . Ha si. : tards the pris-oner
to i i mi's on him and Btep-ii.
ii on a round pit ce of wood, lleald
lost his balance and reeled backward
againvt the wo d pile. Michael saw an
opportunity and-grasped it. He ran
away, The officer commanded him to
Auto Car Works Gave Satisfactory
Demonstration in West Borough
DEGLER, OF Yesterday.
ROYERSFORD, ELECTED TO
MISS KATHARINE
Aloyslus I-'. Hums, aged -':* year-,
was killed on Tuesday afternoon by
the collapse of a scaffold, on which he
with eight other men were working,
at the round house of the Pennsyl-vania
Railroad at Thirtieth and
Btreets, Philadelphia. The men, were
painters and were engaged In paint-ing
the Interior of the round house
im.i were working from a scaffold
thirty-five feet in the air. The
old collapsed without warning and
Burns with six other men was b
to the ground. Burns Buffered a frac-tun
d skull. He was quickly removi d
to the Presbyterian hospital where
clans pronounced him dead.
The Injun a mi n, all of whom
taken to tlie .-.111:i■ Instution an :
G. B. English, 10 years old, of 51231
Glrard avenue, fractured skull;
die.
Prank H. Norton, 15 years old, of
156 North Sixteenth street, fractured
Bkull and | ghl I .;; may die.
R. W. Warm r, 3 Id, of 518
; a i i treet, Roxborough, i
i": ed skull, internal In llrii
Old, of 640
North Thirty-Sixth Btreet, lacera
and contusions ol the hi ad and b
Howard II. Miller, 10 years old, ol
v*oodl i avenue, contusions ol
the legs and lacerations ol the I
Josi ph .1. Kei lej. 11 yean old, of
2118 Could street, lacerations and
contusions. .
Two M^n Escape Injury.
Two other men were on the BCI
«hen it ecllap I ped In-
Jury by clinging to the timbers above
them, and although bruised refused to
stop but tie' words wore words ol en- M.,.k medical treatment at the h
couragemenl tor more speed. The of-ficer
did not draw his revolver as he
believed the charge on which the man
i- wanted la too trivial to take a
chance of shooting at him.
Michael is now a fugitive, but the
. :!1 soon return and
will be caught, Annies eye la nearly
I 'in r and il is bell.-v.'.I i: r rcSeul-inont
will disappear before Mlk
turns. .
THE A. O. H. SUPPER
One of tie- most pleasing events ol
the season WBI the supper and eiilei
tainment given bj Division No. i, A.
O. II., in the (I. A. ft. Hall on Wednes-day
evening. The hall was tilled to
its capacity but every one was served
with a good, substantial supper.
After the sup|x-r all entertainment
was given. The program was a de-lightful
one. Miss Alice and John Con
nelly, who have enviable reputations
as dancers, danced the Sailor's horn
pipe. -Mrs. Keeley and daughter de-lighted
the audience with Irish songs
and were compelled to respond to sev-eral
encores. James Reynolds, Paul
Carroll, John Feeney, John Nuss,
lames Mc'l ainmany, l.ouis Montgom-ery,
Miss Margarei Constantine and
Miss Marie Tiernan sang solos.
At the conclusion of the entertain-iii
nt (laming was Indulged in until a
late hour. The music was furnished by
Connelly! orchestra.
Insurance Men at Convention.
Amos W. Jones, superintendent for
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-pany
for this district, and Klias For-rest,
special agent, are attending the
annual convention of superintendents
at the Home Office, New York City,
this week. The local district made a
line showing last year and has begun
lhe year with a large increase In bus-lllis;
.
J. ELLWOOD LEE SUED
Suit was entered in the protliono-tary's
office at Norristown, yesterday
morning by the Peerless Motor Co.,
against J. Ellwood 1-ee to recover
$4L(0.14. The amount claimed by the
plaintiff is alleged to be due for re-pairs
made to automobiles owned by
'.he defendant.
READ THE RECORDER. »1JJ0 A YR.
Don't forget the Confidential Credit
syst'-m at J. B. RAY'S, the Jeweler—
advt.
al. _ They were Raymond Cooper, ol
Darby, and Grant English, broth.:- of
one of the injured.
The nine painters wen on the scaff-old
thirty-five feel above the ground,
iii the engine room. They had been
busy painting the interior of the
roundhouse for several days. Shortly
alter two o'clock one of the men cried
out that the scaffolding was weaken-ing.
An instant later the big support
snapped and, with a crash that could
be heard throughout the entire yard,
fell to the ground.
Burns was beneath the wreckage
und the other men lay bleeding and
groaning a few feet away. Calls for
ambulances were sent to the Presby-terian
and University Hospitals.
Several railroad officials and mechan-ics
In the roundhouse hurried to the
scene and pulled the men from be-neath
the debris.
Responsibility for the accident has
not yet been determined, but the rail-road
Is making an investigation. It
is supposed that a timber, four by
four inches, which was found after
the accident, broke and caused the
structure to collapse. Burns was the
lirst man to fall and the other six
men toppled '» the ground immediate-ly
after.
Deceased was the husband of Cath-arine
Hums (nee llennessy) and son
of the late Moses and Sarah Burns.
He was born and raised in this bor-ough
and witii his parents removed
to Philadelphia about twelve years
ago, For many years the family re-sided
at Spring Mill avenue and Wal-nut
street
Deceased had been married about
four months and was popular with his
fellow employes. He is survived by
his wife; Ills sister, Rose Ann, wife
bf John Waters, and the following
brothers: Michael, John, James, Jos-eph.
Prank and Charles, all of whom
reside at. West Philadelphia.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at M:H0 o'clock from his late
residence, 31!2r> Chancellor street,
(88d and Walnut streets-. High Mass
of requiem will be celebrated at St.
James' church at 10 o'clock and the
interment will be at Holy Cross Cem-etery.
Umbrellas covered and repaired at
KHHOB'S, Hector St., oppo. School.—
Advt.
FILL VACANCY IN WEST SIDE
SCHOOL'S TEACHING FORCE.
MISS LEHMAN ADVANCED AND
NEW INSTRUCTOR WILL RE-PLACE
HER.
A special meeting of the Weal Con-
Bhohocken School Board was held on
Tuesdaj evening, for the purpose of
electing a teacher to fili the vacancy
caused bj the resignation of
.Minnie Oreullcli, of tie- fourth grade
which whs accepted by the board at
the I.' u meeting. Miss Grieu-licli
will complete her term of set rice
with the s, hOOl district at the close
of tie' pri si nt school month, on
Thursday, January
'iii' i were a nun applicants
for tin position but only two were
the others were from
i' achi i -. v, ho at present an- signed
by contract to teach tor the full term
la aid as their applica-tions
i ■ i companii d bj
release i > cm i hi Ir pres; nt boards, the
II i oard Is fi i bid
to
'i he i wo aj w hich i 11
hose ol Miss Kath-lgnd Cedar avenU( above yyilllam
:"'''" Degler, of Rayi Bu Ih (ll ,j,. ^.. |lia(.„s ,..„,
trude McCarn . of Conshohocken. b( : ,, way 0f Bulloek avenue.
Mr. Ambler nominated the former Another test made was a run f i
P'aced in nominal on ,, .,.,, „, Ithan and roturn«wlth
° ■ ' McCanw , re-ja load ,„• two l(,„, ,„• ,.„al. Tlie lril,
■ "'SI '■■■ made without incident and
b»virig was completed in fifty-five minutes.
The ability and practibility of the
Auto Car Company, of Ardmore was
demonstrated in West Conshohocken,
by testers of the company yesterday
morning. The company is negotiat-
| ing with the William Davis Jr., Com-pany
coal and lumber merchants, tor
tiie sale of one of their two-ton coal
trucks and yesterday sent one of
them to West Conshohocken to dem-onstrate
to the firm the ability of the
car in climbing hills loaded to its ca-pacity.
'Ih.- truck arrived at Hie coal yard
and two tun of the celebrated Devil
coal loaded on it. The first trip con
vlnced Mr. Davis that the car was
pretty near all that it is represi
to he for hill climbing. Loaded t>
;l capacity the truck was run up the
steep incline on Bullock avenue from
Front street lo Josephine avenue. It
thorough test and while it
; e 'i.- Ines to reach the top,
the hill was taken without incident.
Bullock avenue is one of the iteepi I
grades in this vicinity ami it is doubt-ful
if there Is anj st. > per in the conn-tj
with ti e exception of church street
CITIZENS TO PLAN FOR
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS
AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO
HAVE THE PEOPLE JOIN A
MOVEMENT TO SECURE MANY
SMALL IMPDOVEMENTS FOR
BETTER CONDITIONS. -ORGANI-ZATION
TO BE FORMED TO CAR-RY
ON THE WORK.
the support ol Messrs. Ambler, Fearn-mum.
Mr. Barr
for Miss Ale ;i'
Mi i ier in
tor the past Beven
i i ommended
lower grades, i ast
year •.•he tailed to make application
for re-election, intending to go South,
hut she changed her plans and :■--
\is Firm sell considerable
in tlie Merit n - and along the
Line and while the method of
Th
coal
rj by the horse and carl has
always been sure it. has also been one
a amount of tine,
and more especially so Blnce the ar-rlval
of the later day auto truck meth-od.
The business of the Well-known
m.lined North. I Davis Firm is Bteadil] Inert .
■ is a graduate of the and n„,v .,,,. Ber4ously considering the
.ohocken High School and had' puroiiuse of an automobile truck.
been acting as a substitute teacher in
the schools of that district during the
I a.-t one and a hall .wars.
i)n motion oi \ir. Ambler it was!
decided lo advance Miss Lehman,
the present teacher in second and:
third grades to tin- fourth grade:
taught by Miss Greulicll, and place;
Miss Degler in charge of the gtad< s I lllooinliall. had before him seven
made vacant by tie elevation of Miss boys: Thomas MoGonigle, John Bul-
BURGESS REPRIMANDS BOYS
Youths had been Annoying Pedestri-ans
and Became too Mischievious.
Oil Wednesday evening, Burgess
Lehman.
Miss Dighr's salary was li\ed at
(50 per month, the same as that paid
Miss Greulich. she will assume
charge of her new duties on Friday,
January 30th.
All of the members were present
with the c \ception of Mr. PenningVon.
K. OF P. IN THEIR OWN HALL
Conshohocken Ixxlgc. Knights of
Pythias, who recently purchased from
(iratitude l«odge of Odd Fellows, the
building e'tuate at the corner of Sec-ond
avenue and Harry street, have
taken possesion of their new acquisi-tion
and removed their paraphernalia
from the Tracy Building on Kim
street. The change was made tills
week and the regular meeting of the
Knights wax held in their own hall
for the first time last evening.
The building consists of two dwell-ing
houses and the lodge room. The
lodge room is sub-let to a different
lodge for each night in the week, with
the exception of Sunday.
The interior of the lodge room has
been re-papered, repainted and re-furnished.
There are still a number of
other Impiovements to be made to
the property and work on these will
be started as soon us the weather per-mits.
Howard Allen was elected janitor.
SECURED A FEDERAL
APPOINTMENT
John Itodgers, of Kim and Forrest
Btreets, has received word of his suc-cessful
passing of a civil service ex-amination
und of his appointment to
the position of telephone operator in
the Philadelphia Custom House. He
will be stationed in tlie Appraiser's
office and will come directly under
deputy appraiser Joseph K. Fornance,
of Norristown.
Rodgers is just 21 years of age and
took the examination for the position
at the urgent request of local politi-cians.
gc i. Joseph Bolger, John BpeUhofer,
Thomas Keenan, Raymond Lavertj
and Leonard Connelly, and gave them
a fatherly talk on the subject of their
actions in annoying pedestrians by
their pranks. The boys range in age
from eleven to fifteen yean and in
lie' evenings would congregate at the
corner of Sixth avenue and Weil,
street. They played the games that
the boys of yesterday use lo play, but
as the town has become more decor-
UB, those rough and vulgar games an'
now tinder the ban of the police. The !
actions of the boys greatly annoyed'
the residents of that locality and the
Ueace of the neighborhood was dis-turbed.
The boys were paroled and given in
the custody of their parents. The
burgess is determined that the good
order of the town will he preserved.
A small number of citizens, who be-lieve
that Conshohocken presents
many possibilities for improvement, if
tie- Improvements are made, the town
will be one ol the prettiest and best
towns to live in in tlie state, met at
the home of Dr. .1. ('. Thomas, on wed-le
day i venlng to start a movement
lo interest the people and have all
join in the work for better li\ing con-ditions.
Mr. Aronvicl, ol the Suhurbau Plan-ning
Association- tin' association has
mi connection with the MetropoUtaa
Suberban Planning Commission, crea-ted
by tie- last legislature- was pres-
• nt ami gave some Ideas tor theimpro-vemenl
of tin borough.
To travelers On the railroads this
iresents no attractions but on.
tie' other hand, gives tin- traveler a
bad in, The entrances to
tiie borough an defaced by unkempt
h.ok yards, unsightly out buildings
and bad conditions at the mill'. Tile-
's ■ can a!i be Improved with a little
B verj siiuhi . \;„ use.
It is also proposed to have the peo-ple
give n.or,- ait, mic a to the sur-roundings
of their properties and aid
the burgess in . ntorcin.', the law pro-hibiting
the disposal of garbage and
refuse in alleys and on vacant lots.
Mr. Aronvicl BOOke of the importa-i
i inning u general plan of the
whole borough II.. said that many
towns have no such plan but have
plans for tlie separate streets. This
town has no such plan and it has
proven to he a vcr> costly neglecL
Without such a plan there can be no
harmony in the construction of the
Btret ts, -.:.. ia evldi need by tie- grading
ol tie- streets here, Ale re two IKirel-lel
Btreets have a similar grade and
where every avenue is graded witb
mi igiitiv and unnecessary hump's.
It was proposed that town council
be asked to join in the movement and
that Charles lleber Clark, president
of the Improvement Association, be
ashed to call a public meeting for
the purpose of reviving the associa-tion
and making it an organization for
all the people to join and give their
aid.
The building or the new bridge
ans much to this town and in or-der
to secure immediate benelits from
the Improvement, the town must be
ready.
The 0bJ< it oi the better town move-ment
is not only to beautify the un-sightly
places and make all property
more attractive but to make real es-tate
in tliis section more valuable.
COUNTRY HOME IN ABINGTON
RANSACKED BY MOTOR THIEVES
when Herman Dleslnger, a busi-ness
man of Philadelphia, visited his
country home at Susnuehanna avenue,
and Fit/.watertown Road, Abington,
fi iterday for the first time since the
Christmas holidays, he found that
thieves had entered the place. Ever-ything
of value in the house, rugs,
pictures and silverware, had been
tied UP ready for removal. Profes-sional
motor thieves are suspected.
The goods the thieves intended to
take are valued at more than $2,O0U.
Alter a hasty Inventory, Mr. Diesen-ger
said nothing of value had been
taken. The whole establishment,
from garet to cellar, had been ran-sacked.
Pillow cases tilled with sil-verware
and tied neatly at the tops,
large bundles of rugs and carpets,
and bundles of pictures were found
lying on the floor.
The Abington and Ambler police
are investigating the robbery, but so
far have gained no clue that would
lead to the Identity of the thieves.
They think the thieves Intended to
return and remove the goods in auto-mobiles.
BRAKEMAN SQUEEZED BY CARS
The short curve entering tlie
Schuylkill Iron Works from the Read-ing
Railway was the scene of another
accident to a member of the shifting
crew of the Reading Railway.
On Wednesday, tlie crew was drill-ing
cars Into tlie yard over the curve
between Lin North and East mills.
William A. McCiil, Sl'.t Smith street,
Norristown, a brakeman and working
extra with the crew, was attending lo
his duties with the train and being
Unfamiliar with the tracks, he remain-ed
on the side of the curve next to
the mill building as the train was be-ing
drilled. He was caught between
tin building walls and a car and was
being badly scpioe/.id when his plight
was discovered and tlie train staprped.
The brakeman was rescued from his
position "by the crew and a physician
summoneu. He was given treatment
and arangements were being made to
remove the injured man to Charity
hospital, nut lie protested and asked
to be taken home. He was removed to
his home. Today his condition is re-ported
ab being much improved and
it is expected that lie will soon be at
work.
An hour before MeCill was injured
Ills wife gave birth to a child.
A full line of Sporting Geods at KB-HOE'S,
Hector St., opposite School.—
Advt
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try Dean's regnlets a modern laxative
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